Jack is an Associate in the Assets and Structured Finance Group.

With a particular focus on maritime assets, including cruise, container, tanker and bulk carrier vessels, as well as container boxes, Jack advises banks, financial institutions, owners and operators on all aspects of finance and security documentation across the transport sector.

His experience includes advising on the documentation of loan facilities, including term and revolving credit facilities, and associated security arrangements at all stages of the vessel lifecycle, from pre- and post-delivery financings to refinancing and acquisition finance transactions. He also advises on post-funding steps in secured financings, including amendments, restatements, novations, vessel swaps, security releases and enforcement actions.

His experience extends to refinancing and restructuring transactions, newbuild vessel deliveries and a range of commercial shipping matters, including vessel sale and purchase transactions and reflagging projects.

Since joining WFW as a trainee solicitor in 2021, Jack has worked in the firm’s London and Dubai offices and has completed a secondment with the legal team of a leading product and oil tanker owner/operator.

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Education

  1. 2020 – 2021 · Legal Practice Course, BPP University
  2. 2019 – 2020 · LLB, BPP University
  3. 2015 – 2019 · BA (Cell & Systems Biology), University of Oxford

memberships and associations

  1. Law Society of England & Wales