Founded in 1981 by Tim Cocks and Graeme Macnish, we are a leading commercial law practice specialising in shipping and maritime law.

With Tim Cocks still at the helm, the practice is a firmly-established presence in the Australian shipping market, and well-positioned to support our clients in addressing present and future opportunities and challenges.

Our expertise includes maritime, shipping and commercial law services, including marine casualty management, P&I correspondence, non-contentious advisory and transactional work, and contentious work covering commercial and regulatory litigation and other forms of dispute resolution including arbitration and mediation.

Our clients include P&I Clubs, ship owners and charterers, exporters, and underwriters and brokers in the shipping, offshore, live export, commercial fishing and port operations sectors.

We pride ourselves in providing responsive, practical and commercially sound advice and representation. In doing so, we seek to establish ourselves as trusted legal advisors and counsel to our clients, providing strategic and practical guidance to assist them through current and future challenges.

Our approach is rooted in thorough and current legal knowledge that is combined with a pragmatic outlook aimed at producing practical and cost-effective outcomes that allow our clients to continue and grow their businesses with minimal disruption.

We constantly strive to maintain strong relationships with our clients that are forged in trust and confidence.

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