Nigel Cooper, KC
Nigel appears before the business and appellate courts in England & Wales, and has a strong arbitration practice before all the main international and domestic arbitral bodies. Nigel accepts appointments as an arbitrator and has acted as a mediator and as a party’s representative. He has experience of public inquiries having appeared for the government in three major formal investigations.
Nigel’s Insurance and Reinsurance practice extends to policy disputes in both the non- marine and marine sectors as well as to the review and drafting of policy wordings. Nigel’s commercial practice covers most aspects of international trade and the carriage of goods, commodities, brokerage and commercial management disputes, fraud & illegality, and professional negligence. His shipping practice includes all forms of bill of lading and charterparty disputes; shipbuilding (including superyachts and military vessels) off-shore construction; ship sale and purchase;, arrest, limitation and collision actions and pollution In addition to his commercial shipping practice, Nigel has a specialist practice in superyacht litigation. In the energy sector, Nigel’s work covers both upstream and downstream aspects of the industry including drilling and exploration, production and the sale and purchase of energy products as well as on related issues such as the enforcement of related guarantees and the insurance of drilling units. In all areas of his practice, Nigel is experienced in dealing with related jurisdictional and enforcement issues.
Nigel has considerable experience of handling cases that are factually and technically complex and is increasingly instructed for disputes with an overseas seat of arbitration.