Squire Patton Boggs has continued the expansion of its Commodities and Shipping Industry Group with the addition of Ruaridh Guy as a partner in its Hong Kong Litigation Practice. Guy arrives with associates Lauras Rambinas and Tina Wong from the Hong Kong office of Ince & Co. Qualified in both England and Wales and Hong Kong, Guy advises shipping and trading clients on a broad range of dispute resolution matters. His experience includes court proceedings and arbitrations seated in Hong Kong, London, Singapore and Seoul under various rules and institutions, including The London Maritime Arbitrators Association, Hong Kong Maritime Arbitration Group, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and Singapore International Arbitration Centre. Guy also has substantial experience in contentious insolvency matters, acting for creditors and liquidators. His team’s expertise includes dry shipping work, such as bills of lading, charterparties, contracts of affreightment, and ship sale and purchase contracts. They also act on wet shipping matters, including collisions, fires and groundings. On the trade side, the team regularly acts in disputes under contracts for the sale and purchase of commodities, in particular oil and oil products, coal and various metals, and on related issues such as letters of credit and guarantees.
