Charles Debattista is barrister, member of 36 Group Firm. He is formerly Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Southampton (to 2011) and visiting Professor in the Faculty of Laws at University College London (ongoing). He is a bachelor and master graduate of University of Oxford.

He has extensive experience in dry shipping and international trade disputes, charterparty work, bills of lading, CIF and FOB disputes, letters of credit, ship management issues and general commercial contract disputes. Charles has taken appointments as arbitrator since 2002, since when he has written or sat in well over 200 arbitrations. He regularly sits under LMAA, LCIA and ICC Rules and also in ad hoc arbitrations. Charles is also a member of the Shanghai International Arbitration Center’s (SHIAC) panel of foreign arbitrators.

Charles Debattista has written prolifically in his areas of expertise, and is closely associated with the drafting and development of COGSA 1992, Incoterms 2000 and 2010, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (the UCP 600) and the Singapore Sales Form.