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Andrew Robinson is CEO of Norton Rose Fulbright’s South Africa practice, a member of the firm’s South African management committee and acted as Global Chair in 2020.
Andrew has a diverse practice which encompasses both commercial and the litigation aspects of logistics, including: shipping, rail, claims recovery, admiralty, marine insurance, charterparty, oil and gas, international trade, maritime casualty response, subrogated recoveries and marine environmental law. He has been practising transport law for over 30 years.
He is regularly instructed by the London and SA insurance market on technical marine insurance matters and has been asked to draft or revise numerous insurance agreements. He acts for a number of clients in the commodity and retail space and drafts their international sale and logistics agreements.
Andrew also specializes in contract drafting and contract review work providing risk management and contract advice to clients, particularly those in the port services, commodities, aviation, road, logistics, rail and energy sectors. He has drafted, negotiated and advised on sale and purchase agreements, master agreements and trading documentation for most metals, agricultural and energy-related commodities.
Andrew has mediated, litigated or arbitrated matters in the United States, England, France, Germany, Italy, India, Zambia, Mozambique and Belgium. He has advised port authorities, port terminals, warehousemen, stevedores, commodity traders, P&I clubs, ship-owners and underwriters in South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, China, Singapore, Germany, England, Italy, France, Scandinavia, Belgium and the US.
Andrew is listed, ranked and recognized as a recommended transport lawyer in various significant directories, most recently in Chambers Global South Africa, for shipping.