Thor advises on all aspects of commercial shipping and maritime law, in particular charterparties, bills of lading, shipbuilding contracts, luxury yacht charters, charters for project cargo, and contracts for shipping and freight services, including multi-modal transport and logistics. She also advises in relation to reorganizations of freight services provision, electronic bills of lading, exploration of the sea bed, and oil pollution incidents where the civil liability convention applies. Within aviation, Thor advises on disputes under leases and repair contracts.
Thor focusses on commercial litigation and arbitration in the shipping and aviation sectors.
As a partner in the Shipping and Transportation Group, her advice helps clients to reach pragmatic and commercial solutions to disputes, but she also has in-depth experience of mediation, litigation in the English courts, and LMAA arbitration.
Thor has a diverse range of clients, including global commodities traders, international mining companies, shipping companies, P&I clubs, investment funds interested in shipping and aviation, investment banks with trading arms, shipowners, luxury yacht brokers and their clients, and aircraft lessors. Working with such diverse clients has given Thor unusually broad experience and expertise within the shipping and aviation industry.
Thor joined the firm as a trainee in August 2007 and became a partner in January 2021.
Away from the office Thor is a natural leader, having served in the Army Reserves for several years and currently volunteers as a Girl Guide leader. Thor’s drive and determination are also channeled into her extracurricular activities like triathlons and yacht sailing.
Thor was named the “Associate to watch” in Shipping Law by Chambers & Partners in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
