| Boutique law firm located in Halifax, Canada with a focus on admiralty, marine insurance, and maritime transportation law. Lawyers Frank Metcalf, Jim Youden, Sandra Attersley, Lisa Wight, Laurie Brean, Eric Machum |
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Eric Machum
ERIC MACHUM joined Metcalf & Company in June 2006.
He obtained his law degree from the Universidad Catolica
Andres Bello in Caracas, Venezuela. Eric also earned an
LLM in 2006 and an LLB in 2010 from Dalhousie
University in Halifax, with a Marine Law Certificate. While
at law school Eric was recognised with the CCH Canadian
Limited award for highest mark in Legal Research and
Writing.
Prior to coming to Metcalf & Company he worked for
four years at Clyde & Co. in Caracas, first as an articling
student and then as a solicitor, with a practice directed
to maritime law and corporate/commercial matters. Eric
has experience with P&I and marine insurance matters,
charterparties, ship registration, cargo and oil pollution
claims, and corporate/commercial law generally.
Eric has supplemented his legal experience by serving
with Atlantic Towing Limited as a cadet on its coastal
and harbour tugs in Canada. He also teaches part-time
in the Dalhousie University Marine Affairs Program and is
a certified recreational scuba diving instructor.
Eric is a member of the Eastern Admiralty Law
Association and the Canadian Maritime Law Association.
Eric is fluent in English, Spanish and German.
ERIC MACHUM joined Metcalf & Company in June 2006.
He obtained his law degree from the Universidad Catolica
Andres Bello in Caracas, Venezuela. Eric also earned an
LLM in 2006 and an LLB in 2010 from Dalhousie
University in Halifax, with a Marine Law Certificate. While
at law school Eric was recognised with the CCH Canadian
Limited award for highest mark in Legal Research and
Writing.
Prior to coming to Metcalf & Company he worked for
four years at Clyde & Co. in Caracas, first as an articling
student and then as a solicitor, with a practice directed
to maritime law and corporate/commercial matters. Eric
has experience with P&I and marine insurance matters,
charterparties, ship registration, cargo and oil pollution
claims, and corporate/commercial law generally.
Eric has supplemented his legal experience by serving
with Atlantic Towing Limited as a cadet on its coastal
and harbour tugs in Canada. He also teaches part-time
in the Dalhousie University Marine Affairs Program and is
a certified recreational scuba diving instructor.
Eric is a member of the Eastern Admiralty Law
Association and the Canadian Maritime Law Association.
Eric is fluent in English, Spanish and German.
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