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Vasanti Selvarantam QC Arbitrator Profile

Vasanti Selvaratnam QC has significant experience of dispute resolution in both a judicial and quasi-judicial capacity. She was appointed a Recorder in 1999 (one of the youngest appointees to be selected), is an accredited mediator, and receives regular appointments to act as a commercial arbitrator in a wide range of shipping and international trade disputes. She has recently chaired four conjoined commercial arbitrations conducted under LMAA terms.

Vasanti has particular expertise in cases raising complex technical issues as well as novel or difficult points on assessment of damages.

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1984 – LLM King’s College London (1st Class)

1999 - Recorder

2001 – QC

Recommendations

Vasanti Selvaratnam QC is recommended as a leading silk for Shipping law in Chambers & Partners, the Legal 500 and Legal Experts.

Vasanti Selvaratnam QC is known for her tenacity and recently acted in the 'Wadi Sudr' case, which has become the leading case on the enforcement of a foreign judgment in the UK that is in breach of the EU Judgments Regulation. (Chambers & Partners 2011)

Vasanti Selvaratnam QC's shipping work centres on multimillion-pound disputes, and recently included acting in APL Panama, which resulted in the largest Lloyd's Open Form award seen in the market to date. (Legal 500 2010)

Vasanti Selvaratnam QC has a similarly wide-ranging commercial litigation practice. On the shipping front, she is especially famed for her track record on complex salvage cases. (Chambers & Partners 2010)

'A poised and highly measured advocate'.
(Chambers & Partners 2009)

Vasanti Selvaratnam QC is well-regarded for high-level shipping and international trade disputes, and acted on The Front Ace case, one of the few references to the Admiralty Registrar that has gone to the Court of Appeal on points of principle in recent years. (Legal 500 2009)