HUGH CALDIN - Biographical background

Hugh was a solicitor with Clifford Chance (formerly Coward Chance) between 1972 and 2001 and specialised in litigation and arbitration arising out of international disputes mainly of a "dry" maritime nature and also handled a wide variety of general commercial disputes, frequently with Spanish or Latin American parties.

Hugh was accredited as a mediator in 1996, is a member of the ACI Mediation Panel and receives appointments under the auspices of ACI. He was Administrator for ACI from 2001 to 2003. He speaks and writes fluent Spanish and Portuguese to a high standard and passable spoken and written French. He regularly lectures in Spanish to visiting postgraduate students from the Instituto Marítimo Espanol of Madrid and the Faculty of Nautical Studies of the Universitat Politectnica de Catalunya Barcelona and has also delivered lectures in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Venezuela, Spain and the Canary Islands.

Hugh remains Overseas Consultant for ACI in developing mediation in Spanish speaking countries.