The Topic of the Talk will be: "Thoughts on the OW Bunkers Decision in the English Court of Appeal".

Filippo Lorenzon is Chair of Maritime and Commercial Law in the Southampton Law School and the former Director of the Institute of Maritime Law. He has a Laurea in Giurisprudenza (Italy), a LL.M. (Soton) and is fully qualified as an Avvocato in Italy and as a Solicitor in England and Wales (n.p.). He is a Member of both the Italian and the British Maritime Law Associations, The European Maritime Law Association (EMLO) and the International Bar Association (IBA).

Filippo has been working with leading maritime and commercial law firms in Genoa and Venice and is now a Consultant with Campbell Johnston Clark LLP in London. He has published numerous books and articles on carriage of goods by sea and international trade. He has just published the fifth edition of C.I.F. and F.O.B. Contracts in the prestigious British Shipping Laws Series (Sweet & Maxwell), a treatise on The Law of Yachts and Yachting, co-authored with Richard Coles for Informa and a book on The Sale of Ships under the Singapore Form, co-authored with Charles Debattista for LexisNexis. His areas of expertise are International Trade, Carriage of Goods by Sea and Air, European Maritime Law, Conflict of Laws and Comparative Private Law.