Tiana is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution Group.

Tiana has extensive experience in international arbitration and litigation, with a particular focus on wet and dry shipping and commodities disputes. She has acted for and advised a wide range of clients, such as P&I clubs, commodities traders and shipbuilding companies, and has experience with several arbitral institutions, including the LMAA, SCMA, SIAC and HKIAC.

She also has experience with non-contentious work, including the drafting and negotiation of charterparties and trading contracts and advising on regulatory issues.

Tiana is also involved in relevant industry associations and leads the Membership Committee of Women in Mining and Resources (Singapore Charter).

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  • Acting for a major mining company in pursuing a claim under a bill of lading for misdelivery.
  • Acting for a trade financier as claimant in multiple proceedings relating to the failure of insurers to indemnify insured entities for claims made under various trade credit insurance policies.
  • Acting for an oil supermajor in relation to an off-specification dispute.
  • Assisting a major mining company under a monthly retainer in relation to a range of discrete legal issues, including providing advice on, and thereafter initiating or defending, various shipping and commodity claims involving the calculation of laytime and demurrage, nomination of vessel, unsafe ports, contractual defaults and force majeure.
  • Acting for a large commodity trading company in multiple matters relating to unpaid sums owed under sale and purchase contracts.
  • Acting for a leading global mining company in a complex arbitration relating to multiple alleged breaches under a COA.
  • Acting for a global commodity trading company in a dispute arising out of the sale of off-specification bunkers.

Education

  1. 2019 · Legal Practice Course, BPP Holborn (Distinction)
  2. 2018 · Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Waterloo (Commendation)
  3. 2017 · BA Classics, Christ Church, University of Oxford