Rhys Clift

Rhys is a partner in the London office and a member of the shipping team. He has over 35 years’ experience in commercial litigation and arbitration, specialising in a wide range of insurance and reinsurance (marine and non-marine), in maritime casualties, such as groundings, explosions, fires and structural failures, as well as piracy, kidnap and ransom, political violence and offshore construction. Rhys has a particular interest in crisis management and cyber hazard. He is an active commercial mediator at SeaMediation.com and a listed Distinguished Neutral at CPR in New York. Rhys is the author of Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mediation in England and Wales, the second edition, published in 2019, and the principal architect and co-author of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Practice, published by the Institute of Insurance of London in 2011. · Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

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Partner in the London office of Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP with over 35 years' experience in commercial litigation and arbitration, specialising in insurance and reinsurance (marine and non-marine), shipping and maritime casualties. Active commercial mediator (SeaMediation) and listed Distinguished Neutral at CPR in New York; author of books on alternative dispute resolution.

Practice areas

ShippingLitigationInternational ArbitrationInsurance & ReinsuranceMaritimeAlternative Dispute ResolutionCrisis Management

Office

England

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP · Rhys is a partner in the London office and a member of the shipping team. He has over 35 years’ experience in commercial litigation and arbitration, specialising in a wide range of insurance and reinsurance (marine and non-marine), in maritime casualties, such as groundings, explosions, fires and structural failures, as well as piracy, kidnap and ransom, political violence and offshore construction. Rhys has a particular interest in crisis management and cyber hazard. He is an active commercial mediator at SeaMediation.com and a listed Distinguished Neutral at CPR in New York. Rhys is the author of Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mediation in England and Wales, the second edition, published in 2019, and the principal architect and co-author of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Practice, published by the Institute of Insurance of London in 2011.

England

Expertise

Marine and non-marine insurance and reinsuranceMaritime casualties (groundings, explosions, fires, structural failures)Piracy, kidnap and ransom, political violenceOffshore constructionCrisis management and cyber hazardCommercial mediation

Education

Law degree, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Postgraduate degree, University of Aix/Marseille

Languages

French