Welcome
Davies Battersby was founded in 1994 by Guy Davies and Patrick Battersby and we have over 28 years of legal excellence in international trade , commodities and commercial dispute resolution .
Clients value our hands-on approach, personal attention, tenacity in every case and competitive price structure. We are a small but very experienced team with many decades of commercial litigation experience and offer a proactive service. Our clients’ interests are always paramount.
Our main area of expertise are in international trade/maritime law, soft commodities and commercial disputes .
We are skilled in arresting ships, dealing with cargo claims and achieving prompt commercial resolutions and complex multi jurisdictional problems including by mediation.
We also handle major claims in the Commercial Court , and have had some notable successes including winning an arbitration appeal in the High Court, taking a matter to the Court of Appeal and obtaining worldwide freezing injunctions and other forms of ancillary relief. We have a significant number of reported decisions as set out further on our website.
What we offer
Cross Border Action
Many of the cases we handle cross international borders. This is no barrier to the help we can provide.
Overseas Associates
Navigating global maritime law with expertise and integrity—your trusted legal partners across international waters.
Getting Results
What you read in this website is no substitute for a record of solid achievement.
Our Areas of Expertise
Our primary area of expertise is commercial litigation, including the following:
- Dispute resolution and mediation
- Complex Jurisdictional issues
- International Trade
- Commercial Litigation
- Marine Insurance Claims
- High Court Claims
- Admiralty and casualty claims
- Arbitration in following forums;
- GAFTA, FOSFA, LCIA and LMAA
- Charterparty and bills of lading disputes
- Insolvency
- Inter jurisdictional enforcement
- Ship arrests
- Shipping and International Trade
- Soft commodity transactions