GRAIN TRADING EXPERT

Principal Expert Witness & GAFTA Arbitrator

Our expert acts as an expert witness and consultant in disputes involving international grain trading, agricultural commodity contracts, freight and cargo matters, drawing on a career spanning many years across the EU, EMEA, Canada, Russia, South America and Australia.

His expertise centres on commodity contracts, freight management and dispute resolution, and he brings substantial practical insight to both commercial engagements and arbitral proceedings.

He serves as a sitting GAFTA Appeal Board Arbitrator and holds the GAFTA Arbitrator Diploma, qualifying him to sit on tribunals constituted under GAFTA Rules No. 125 and No. 126.

In recent instructions he has given opinion evidence in an arbitration concerning damaged grain, addressing issues including the available market, distressed cargo solutions and prevailing market prices.