Pauline Davies

Pauline Davies is a leading expert in maritime and aviation law. She has a substantial practice that covers maritime, aviation, transportation and marine insurance law, the international carriage and sales of goods, and the law relating to freight forwarders.

As a partner of both Jones Fee (the predecessor firm to Fee Langstone) and Fee Langstone, Pauline has been responsible for the firm receiving a number of awards for excellence in maritime legal services, including from Corporate LiveWire Global and Acquisition International, Best Lawyers, Legal 500 and Chambers.

Pauline’s clients include major marine and P & I insurers from around the world, an international seafarers’ protection organisation, a number of New Zealand’s major exporting and chartering interests, businesses involved in commercial marine activity (including high-tech suppliers to the marine industry) and a significant number of freight forwarders, both domestic and multi-national. She is named in numerous legal guides, including the Guide to the World’s Leading Shipping and Maritime Lawyers and to Women in Business Law, Best Lawyers and the Chambers Asia Pacific Guide.

A highlight of Pauline’s last year, was acting as lead counsel at a five day trial and successfully defending three major insurers who were sued after they declined a substantial and unusual marine cargo claim.

Member of: Pauline has been a member of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand for over 30 years. She is a member of the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of NZ and a Charter Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, and an Adjunct External Fellow at the Centre for Maritime Law, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law. Pauline is admitted to the Supreme Court of Samoa. She is the secretary of the Raglan Sailing Club. Education: LLB, BA, CMILT, AMINZ.