Richard Southcott

Seizing the opportunity.

Clients often come to Rick for advice in negotiating commercial agreements, or resolving disputes, involving parties in multiple foreign jurisdictions. They must act quickly in order to take advantage of opportunities and overcome challenges created by different business cultures and legal systems.

Representative matters

With almost 20 years working in the Canadian marine and energy industries, Rick provides timely and practical advice that helps identify and mitigate risks, while always focusing on the opportunities for reconciliation of competing interests and, ultimately, the business objectives. His clients include:

• Energy companies
• Vessel owners and operators
• Commercial banks
• Shipyards
• Marine insurers (including International Group P & I clubs)
• Fishing interests
• Government authorities

Areas of practice

• Marine
• Energy and Natural Resources

BAR ADMISSION(S)

Nova Scotia, 1993

LAW SOCIETY(IES)

Nova Scotia Barristers' Society

EDUCATION

Oxford University, B.C.L., 1992
Dalhousie University, LL.B., 1991
St. Francis Xavier University, B.Sc., 1988

ACTIVITIES

• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Regional managing partner, Nova Scotia, Stewart McKelvey, 2008-present
• Member, Management Committee, Stewart McKelvey
• Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee (Maritime Provinces), Member 1996-2000, Secretary 2004-present
• National Maritime Law Section, Canadian Bar Association, Secretary-Treasurer 2002-2004, Vice-President 2004-2006, President 2006-2008, Past-President 2009-2010
• Chair, Canadian Maritime Law Association Committees on International Places of Refuge, 2002-present
• Member, editorial board, Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, 2002-present

LANGUAGE(S)

English

LEXPERT RATINGS

Shipping and Maritime Law

EXTERNAL RATINGS

• Best Lawyers: Maritime Law, 2006, 2008- 2012