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Ben Hanslip is a Partner in S&W’s Forensic Services team and a specialist maritime expert witness focusing on quantum and market evidence in complex shipping disputes. He has served as a named expert in High Court proceedings and LMAA, ICC, and SIAC arbitration.
Experience
Ben brings deep commercial shipping knowledge together with valuation and accounting capability – a combination rarely found in a single expert. His work sits at this intersection, allowing him to explain the commercial realities behind maritime claims to lawyers, tribunals and courts.
His work spans vessel and fleet valuation; quantum and loss analysis, including loss of hire, lost profits, DCF modelling; freight, market and operational evidence; charterparty, bill of lading, sale-and-purchase disputes; and sanctions and shadow-fleet related matters.
At Kroll, Ben was responsible for leading maritime related valuation engagements for alternative investment fund managers across Europe and the US. He previously worked at Clarksons.
Notable client work and achievements
- Valuation of tanker / gas fleet and loss of earnings. Significant sanctions-related elements. LMAA Arbitration.
- Assessed freight costs and fleet availability across multi-year claim. Iron ore. ICC Arbitration.
- Assessed the pricing, contract structures, and feasibility of coal shipments over a multi-year claim. Oceania / SE Asia. SIAC Arbitration.
- Charter-attached valuation of containership fleet. UK High Court.
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