Jim is responsible for the provision of all legal advice and assistance to all members of the Lloyd's Register Group, including advising on compliance with existing and new laws, lobbying legislatures (including the UK, EU and IMO) over proposed legislation which will impact on our Group, representation at public inquiries, prosecution and defence of legal claims, performance of the legal aspects of due diligence investigations on companies we are considering buying, formulation and refinement of standard Group contracts and the provision of all other legal guidance, training and support - with the help of his in-house legal colleagues.

CV

Jim , who is a qualified solicitor, joined Lloyd's Register in 1985 as only its second qualified in-house lawyer. In 1998 he was appointed Group Legal Director at the age of 39.

He is a Governor of the International Maritime Law Institute of Malta which is an agency of the IMO and he is on the Steering Committee of the London Shipping Law Centre. Jim is also a member of the City of London Solicitors Company and the City of London Law Society.

Previous employment

Before he joined Lloyd's Register he worked as a lawyer for the US engineering company, Brown & Root, which included conducting legal surgeries on offshore platforms in the North Sea.

Qualifications

BA Law (with the final year's thesis on "International Law Relating to Oil Pollution from Ships"), Solicitor in England & Wales"