Ben Macfarlane & Co is a law firm specialising in maritime and aviation insurance, re-insurance, shipping and trade matters.
We are committed to providing our clients with a personalised, friendly, swift and cost-effective service, giving clear, concise, advice and working as a team with our clients and other experts.
Our director is Ben Macfarlane, who was a partner at the niche City practice of Clyde & Co. for 15 years. Ben has 20 years of experience as a litigation lawyer working in London, Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore on a number of substantial shipping and insurance matters.
We are based in the heart of the City on Lombard Street. As a specialist practice with low overheads we are able to offer a much more cost-effective service to our clients than the large City firms.
Thanks to the efficient integration of support services, we are able to punch above our weight in terms of carrying out heavy litigation. Likewise this allows our lawyers to fully concentrate their legal expertise and energy on what counts - getting clients what they want.
This aspect of our business is of particular advantage to clients involved in the insurance claims process, as it means we can provide preliminary advice on legal issues affecting claims which would otherwise be considered too modest or ambiguous to be deserving of further scrutiny by solicitors. As such the service we offer can sharpen the entire claims process by allowing a legal opinion to be obtained on claims that would not normally be considered worthwhile sending to lawyers.
In all our activities, we pride ourselves on our expertise, tenacity, and personal attention. This is demonstrated by our client charter, which we have formulated in order to demonstrate our commitment to the highest standards of practice and performance.
Ben Macfarlane & Co takes data protection very seriously. All of our data and all of our clients’ data is backed up via an extremely resilient and reliable backup and restore service.
We work on contract review and outsourcing matters in conjunction with Technology Law Solutions.
"Ben Macfarlane & Co provides a commercially oriented, effective, quick, and cost-conscious service"
Antares Transport GmbH, Germany
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your team's effort in providing us professional advice in the claim process. Our management is very pleased with your excellent legal advice and services."
Ecycle Tech, Hong Kong
"Being a smaller bespoke firm we have had the benefit of Ben’s exclusive time and rapid response to claims we have been involved with, you don’t get that with larger firms. The bills are smaller too!"
Phil Wright,
Hardy Underwriting
"Ben is one of a rare breed, a good lawyer who is commercially minded"
Gregg Newman,
WK Webster & Co Ltd
"Ben Macfarlane & Co has provided an informed, responsive and commercially-aware service when we have used them for our contract review requirements."
Glenn Redman,
Hiscox Plc
"We have engaged Ben Macfarlane & Co on a variety of English shipping law issues. They are very responsive and their advice is always clear and pragmatic so that it is easy to understand for the non expert"
Wilma Lloyd-Schut,
LyondellBasell
