Jamaly Mallya

Jamaly Mallya is a distinguished legal professional and maritime law specialist with over six years of experience advising public authorities on complex legal and regulatory frameworks. He has provided strategic legal expertise on the functions, operations, and corporate governance of major maritime infrastructure. His background combines rigorous academic training from the IMO International Maritime Law Institute in Malta with practical experience in human rights at sea and international humanitarian law.

His areas of practice include charterparty disputes; carriage of goods by sea; ship finance; sale and purchase; marine insurance; salvage and towage; general average; ship arrest and release; port regulatory and compliance advisory; port concession agreements; terminal operating agreements; green trade finance (advising banks and traders on how maritime activities meet new Sustainability-Linked Loan criteria); customs and free zones; environmental and safety law (ship recycling, MARPOL compliance); maritime security (piracy, stowaways); jurisdictional limits within territorial waters, contiguous zones, and exclusive economic zones; seafarer welfare; green shipping; autonomous vessels; and maritime cybersecurity, including developing legal response plans for cyber-attacks on ships and port infrastructure.