Mark Sachs
Mark has a broad practice in shipping, commodity and commercial litigation. He has conducted arbitrations in London, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Stockholm either as counsel or lead partner. He also has considerable wet shipping experience having handled all types of casualties. He has litigated shipbuilding, construction and mining disputes. A fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker, Mark studied in China and is adept at working with Chinese evidence, both oral and written. He was one of the first foreign maritime lawyers to work in China in the late 1980s. In London arbitration he was the lead partner in a significant arbitration arising out of a cancellation dispute involving the vessel Atalanta. This has generated consequential High Court litigation in Westwood Shipping Lines and Weyerhaeuser NR Company v Universal Schifffahrtsgesellschaft mbH [2012]. · Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
About
Mark Sachs has a broad practice in shipping, commodity and commercial litigation and has acted as counsel or lead partner in arbitrations in London, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Stockholm. He has extensive wet-shipping and casualty experience, has litigated shipbuilding, construction and mining disputes, is a fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker who studied in China, has acted for Japan-based marine insurers for over 25 years and opened his firm’s Singapore office in 1996.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- BA (First Class), Chinese Literature, University of British Columbia
- LLB
Admissions
- Barrister and Solicitor, British Columbia
- Solicitor, England (admitted 1998)