Expanding Our Team: Welcoming Three Legal Talents to Our London Office!

Caroline Pennington joins us as a Senior Associate. She brings a wealth of experience in international supply, carriage, and storage of commodities. Caroline Pennington specialises in shipping and commodities law, handling contentious and non-contentious matters for prominent clients, including trading houses, bunker suppliers, oil and gas majors, and shipowners. Her expertise covers international trade arbitrations, English High Court proceedings, and advisory services, involving a wide range of contracts. She also brings valuable commercial experience from a long term secondment at one of the world’s premier trading houses, and she is a fluent Spanish speaker.

Zoé Pajot joins us as an associate with a strong background in shipping law and dispute resolution. She has experience advising clients on maritime contracts such as ship construction, refit, sale & purchase; marine insurance policies; carriage and related services agreements or terms & conditions. She has previously practiced in both France and New Zealand.

Anastasiia Demidova, a dual-qualified associate (New York and Russia), expands our expertise in international arbitration and high-value court disputes. She also gained experience at the General Legal Division of the United Nations in New York, where she assisted the Arbitration & Claims cluster with representing the UN in civil and commercial disputes.

We warmly welcome Caroline, Zoé, and Anastasiia to our one global team!