TIMOTHY ELSWORTH was admitted in 1983, moving to Hong Kong in 1988. He is the partner in charge of the Admiralty team in Hong Kong, dealing with maritime law and international litigation arising from marine casualties, including ship collisions, grounding and salvage in which he has over 12 years experience. He was a naval officer specialising in navigation.
KEREN CHEN was admitted as a solicitor in England in 1990 and in Hong Kong in 1994. She specialises in the field of banking, ship finance and project finance. She has recently represented Scandinavian and German financial institutions involving export credit finance of ships and equipment to the PRC and has acted for numerous owners, banks and leasing companies in the purchase and finance of vessels. Keren is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese. She became a partner of the firm in May, 1996.