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About Myself:

(16 September 2004) Having studied Marine and Shipping Law at UCT, I am now employed by the new European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). It is a specialised body of the EU, established by common decision of the Council and the Parliamant of the EU (Regulation EC No 1406/2002), to fulfill maritime tasks of the EU Commission and to assist the (new) EU Member States to fulfill the "aquis communitaire" in the maritime safety sector.
The establishment of this agency and the creation of its inspection and mission powers is a result of the public awareness iro the oil spills caused by the sinking of ERIKA and PRESTIGE — one task of the agency now being a centralised, databank supported "black listing" of certain substandard vessels under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control.
I will deal with marine pollution liability and response regimes, maritime casualty investigation regimes and maritime security regimes. As the agency took its preliminary seat in Brussels I am moving to this city. Is Derry still based at the University of Brussels?
My knowledge gained at UCT helped me a lot when the EU selection committee checked out for 60 minutes whether my knowledge in marine affairs and maritime law is really profound. Particularly my description of the IKAN TANDA casualty and its legal frame was very useful.

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As of July 2002 I am currently Company Secretary/Legal Adviser with Officetron Company Limited, based in Lagos, Nigeria where we carry out Information Technology related business. Our website at http://www.officetron.com gives more information. With the advent of democracy in Nigeria there is a lot of excitement over the prospects of developing the country after years of misrule. The economy is gradually being deregulated and privatisation of government owned parastatal is presently underway. My firm is actively involved in a lot of work in the oil and gas, telecommunications.  I enjoy travelling, reading, movies and music.

On 22 August 2003 Shade's wife gave birth to a baby boy. He writes: "I am very proud of my wife who has been a wonderful wife and I am sure will be a wonderful mother. The baby's name is ADEDAMOLA ADEBIYI OLUWATOBI AKAPO. My wife and I call him Adedamola. In my language (Yoruba) it means wealth has mixed with royalty."

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(July 2007) After working as an attorney for Intermarine in New Orleans (1994-2000), I have been Chief Legal Counsel of BBC Chartering & Logistic, a project carrier with the head office in Leer, Germany. BBC operates about 130 vessels, mostly project cargo consisting of windmills, generators, heavy lift cargoes and pipes. We have office in Houston, Singapore, Dubai, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo. The company is 10 years old in 2007 and we are extremely proud of the fact that we are now the world's largest project carrier.
Additionally, I have been teaching courses in charterparties and ship-broking at Tulane Law School as an adjunct since 1995. I received a PhD (Law) from the University of Groningen in 2006. My dissertation is titled "Shipbrokers as Agents, Intermediaries and Third Parties."

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My most enjoyable year of studying shipping law in Cape Town passed too quickly. Back in Switzerland, I'm working as an associate for Benz Attorneys. We specialise in trade and transport law and work in a very international environment. (Submitted November 2007.)

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(August 2007) Following six years at Holman Fenwick & Willan (where I qualified as a solicitor), in May 2006 I moved out of private practice and took an in-house position with BNP Paribus (Suisse) SA, Geneva, as legal counsel to their Ship Finance team. My wife Cassandre (who you might have met, I'm not sure) works for De Beers in London but is with me while she is on maternity leave following the birth of our little boy, Sebastien Felix, in April 2007. Geneva is a welcome change from London and a great place to have young children.

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(As at January 2007) Currently a director at Dawson Edwards & Associates. Interests: travel and whisky.

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I am moving from the shipping department at Clifford Chance in the UK to the shipping group Barlow Lyde & Gilbert on 2 June (my last day at CC was 9 May — please note that my mobile number will not change).  (Updated 13 May 2003)

[Website note: Jeb's dissertation is on this website; It deals comprehensively with Multimodal Transport Law in SA.]

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Director, Findlay & Tait Inc., Maritime and Transport Department.
Member — Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope.
Maritime Law Society (Committee member, Cape Chapter).
Hobbies: Water-skiing; walking, reading and golf.
Interests: Travel and Shipping! (April 1998)

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(27 Nov, 2000) I am working for Bidfreight in marine insurance and risk management. Bidfreight is made up of Safcor Panalpina Freight, Sebenza Forwarding, Renfreight Circle, Manica, Marine Services, Rennies Terminal. Bidfreight is a division of the Bidvest Group.

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After finishing my studies at UCT I started doing my doctoral degree in Germany. I have been working for two years as inhouse legal counsel for an independent German brokerage company doing transatlantic trading and clearing of securities.
After that I worked as CEO of a transatlantic investor relation company in Frankfurt and independent legal counsel for all matters of equity based deals, as there are Private Placements, IPOs M&A. Inter alia I have become a specialist in venture capital based financing. (July 2001).

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Solicitor with Kensington Swan, Auckland, New Zealand. Building up shipping, insurance and oil/gas practice within the firm. (May 1999)

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(November 2007): Being one of the numerous Hamburg alumni, I work for the Hamburg-based law firm Ehlermann Rindfleisch Gadow. We specialise in advising on shipbuilding, sale and purchase, ship financing and ship registration -- everything until the ship starts sailing!

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Sean left Dawson & Associates about a year ago to join Mills & Co in Newcastle, UK. He tells us (August 2002): "Jess and I are well. We had a daughter almost 8 weeks ago, Rebecca, which has been a wonderful experience. I must admit that I have been known to have more sleep before she was born." They hope to holiday in Cape Town next February.

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(as at January 2007) I finished my LLM in 2004 and returned to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and joined Shearn Delamore & Co as an IP lawyer. My novel "The Gift Of Rain" will be out in March in the UK. More details at www.gregoryandcompany.co.uk (click on "authors" and then my name) and also at www.myrmidonbooks.com

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(April 2001) After returning to Germany from Cape Town in December 2000, I had to get adjusted to the miserable weather in Germany. Currently I am doing my articles with the public prosecutor's office in Hamburg. I enjoyed South Africa a lot. Thanks to everybody who made my year there a very special time for me!
(November 2003) Family life and my new job are keeping me busy. I am finally done with my articles and the exams and started working as a shipping attorney with Ahlers & Vogel at their office in Hamburg this month.  I did part of my articles with this firm last year, so I already knew what I had to expect.
In spring, I worked for a ship owning/managing company in Hamburg to learn some of the practical aspects of shipping. That, too, was very fascinating. I got to see some parts of ships that I didn't even know existed. That time was quite tough, as I had to prepare my oral exam at the beginning of May.
I was fortunate enough not only to get a job right after the exam but to be able to choose when to begin!

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(August 2002) I now have a Creative Minds computer training and business Support Centre in Gauteng, where I write on maritime affairs, mainly for Namibia, do translations and transcribing work, and train computer-ignorant lawyers in MS Office and Windows.

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(March 2007) Clemens studied law in Göttingen and London. Having obtained the LLM degree at the University of Cape Town, Clemens worked in the banking and finance department of a German law firm before joining Ince & Co in Hamburg. He specialises in asset finance (particularly ship finance), drafting lease and loan agreements, security documentation and ship registration with particular emphasis on cross-border transactions, including related aspects of insolvency law. Clemens is a member of the German South African Lawyers' Association.

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(As at 16/7/2002) I have taken a job with Justice Canada in Calgary, doing Aboriginal litigation - land claims, treaty rights, oil and gas disputes, etc. It is a long way from my recent academics but the work is very interesting and it is a good, stable job (what with baby Sarah, and Alison at home). You can imagine, there is not much call for maritime lawyers in land-locked Calgary!

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(As at 1 May 2001) I am in New York, currently completing an LLM at Cornell University, whereafter I am planning to work in the Netherlands for De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek.

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(2007) I live in Griffith, Australia and work in the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.

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(August 2007) Having studied Shipping Law at UCT in 2003, I am now based in Hamburg, Germany, working for the Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS). My fields of work are all security (ISPS etc.) and environmental issues on a national, European and international basis, custom law, collective agreements, all social and law issues that come up, as well as port policy.