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Paul Freeman
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+44(0)20 7220 5957 |
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+44(0)20 7220 5951 |
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Paul specialises in aviation disaster management, satellite insurance and reinsurance, claims handling, regulatory issues and arbitration and mediation of complex cross border disputes. Having lived and worked in Asia and Australia for some fifteen years, Paul played a significant role there in the strategic and tactical management of large-scale casualty claims for various airlines and their insurers including Silkair's loss of a B737. He has been handling ongoing complex matters on a variety of high profile losses including the Copterline loss of a Sikorsky S76 in the Baltic in August 2005 and the British Airways Boeing 777 accident at Heathrow Airport in January 2008. Paul is a qualified arbitrator, mediator and private pilot.
Special Distinctions:
- Named in Who's Who Legal 2009 as a leading aviation lawyer.
- Ranked as one of the world's leading aviation lawyers by The International Who's Who of Aviation Lawyers 2004 and Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Aviation Lawyers 2004, and each edition subsequently.
Career:
- Partner, Richard Burn & Associates, Melbourne, Australia; 2002-2004.
- Partner, Head of Aviation in Asia, DLA, Hong Kong; 2001-2002.
- Partner, Beaumont and Son, Singapore; 1997-2001.
- Solicitor (Partner from 1996-1997), Phillips Fox, Melbourne, Australia; 1988-1997.
- Assistant Solicitor, Waltons & Morse, London; 1985-1988.
Education:
- Solicitor, admitted in England and Wales, 1987.
- Legal qualifications in several Australian jurisdictions.
- Registered foreign lawyer in Singapore.
- Admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong.
- LL.M., Masters in Air, Space, Maritime and International Trade and dispute Resolution, (first/high distinction including aviation prize), Monash University, Australia, 1995.
- M.A.(law degree), Cambridge University (Peterhouse), 1984.
- Qualified arbitrator and mediator.
Professional Affiliations:
- Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
- Past Chairman of the Aviation Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association.
- Former member and officer of the Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand.
- Member of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators, Australia.
- Member of the Space Industry Chamber of Commerce, Australia.
Publications:
- Contributor to Kluwer's Air and Space Law Journal.
- Author of chapter on Lex Mercatoria in International Commercial Arbitration: - Developing Rules for the New Millennium, published by Jordans, February 2000.
- Articles on aviation and insurance-related issues.
Public Speaking:
- Numerous workshops and presentations to airlines, insurers and brokers.
Interests:
Paul is a private pilot, and a keen scuba diver. He owns and races classic cars, and is a member of the MG Car Club. Other interests of Paul's include rowing, motorcycling, travel and foreign cultures.
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