Karnan is a Singapore based lawyer and arbitrator with 25 years’ experience handling commodities, shipping and insurance disputes across Asia and internationally.
He is a Partner with the law firm Wotton Kearney and is qualified in Singapore and England & Wales. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is accredited as a Senior Accredited Specialist in Maritime and Shipping Law by the Singapore Academy of Law.
Karnan has extensive practical experience handling a range of shipping and trade related disputes across Asia including those involving charterparties, shipbuilding contracts, commodity sale contracts and marine insurance. His recent shipping and trade related arbitrations have involved disputes arising from sanctions and customs, war and force majeure issues.
He is consistently ranked as a leading shipping lawyer in legal directories, Chambers Global and Who’s Who Legal and is also recognized by Best Lawyers as one of the leading lawyers in Singapore in the areas of Arbitration & Mediation and Insurance Law.