Global law firm Clyde & Co has hired maritime, commodities and transport lawyer – and qualified master mariner – Ernie van Buuren to join its partnership in Australia.

Van Buuren has advised on high-profile shipping, maritime and aviation matters in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, and will join the firm in December from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he has been a partner since 2011.