Alex Macinnes is a solicitor and the Managing Partner of Jeon Macinnes. With a degree in naval architecture and offshore engineering from University College London and a law degree from Southampton University, he combines practical and legal experience.

As a naval architect, he trained as a surveyor with Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, carrying out ship inspections, new-building surveys and plan approvals. He also has first hand experience of building ships in Far Eastern yards.

Alex specialises in shipping, energy and insurance law, and is particularly adept at dealing with technically complex shipping and offshore disputes.

He regularly lectures on marine law and marine insurance.
His specialities include:

• Marine casualty cases, including collisions, groundings, wreck-removal, stability/total loss, pollution and fires;
• Technically complex dry and energy claims, including claims relating to hook-up and commissioning of FPSOs, engine and machinery damage, steering-gear, shaft and sternseal failures, container stack collapses and corrosion-induced failures;
• New-building and repair disputes concerning all vessel types including drilling ships, FPSOs and semi-submersibles; and
• Insurance, including marine and energy insurance.