Fiona Cain
Fiona Cain is Counsel in the dispute resolution team in the London office of Haynes Boone. She assists clients to resolve disputes in the energy and maritime sectors. She guides her clients through the arbitration or litigation process to achieve a resolution of the issues.
With over 25 years’ experience, Fiona has handled a wide variety of contractual disputes for UK and international parties, many involving cross-border issues. She has represented clients in arbitration disputes under the rules of the LMAA, the ICC, the LCIA, and the SCMA, as well as ad-hoc arbitrations and in litigation matters in the Commercial Court and Technology and Construction Court of the Business and Property Courts in London, and at mediation and during settlement negotiations.
She commonly acts for rig and ship owners, oil companies, fabricators and contractors, drilling contractors, and shipyards often in legally and technically complex high-value engineering, shipbuilding and offshore construction disputes. She has also instructed overseas counsel to advise and act in foreign proceedings including enforcement of arbitration awards.
Fiona is the editor of our popular Shipping and Energy Newsletter and a co-author of the chapter on shipbuilding contracts governed by the law of England and Wales in Lexology Panoramic - Shipbuilding 2024 (formerly Getting the Deal Through, a publication she has contributed to since 2014).
Fiona writes extensively for industry and legal publications on a variety of topics related to arbitration, litigation, energy including renewable energy, shipping and diversity. She has been quoted in national media on autonomous vessels and mediation.