Siddharth is the founder of Binnacle Legal. He is dual qualified in India and England & Wales. He has a LLM in Maritime Law from the University of Southampton.

Siddharth has about 17 years of experience having worked seven years cumulatively at law firms in India and Singapore, and over a decade as in-house counsel for leading shipping and commodity companies. The experience of working with law firms and as in-house counsel gives him invaluable insight in a solution-oriented approach balancing the legal and commercial needs for clients, while also being cost effective.

Siddharth has handled a diverse range of contentious and non-contentious matters. These include advising, drafting and negotiating commodity sale contracts, ship sale purchase, charterparties and other shipping and commercial contracts. He is also experienced with contentious disputes in court, alternative dispute forums and arbitrations subject to the rules of LMAA, SCMA, ICC, SIAC, ICA, NDFTA and UNCITRAL.

Siddharth is an empaneled arbitrator with the Indian Council of Arbitration and a LMAA supporting member.

2009 – 2010 – LLM Maritime Law, University of Southampton.

2022 – Solicitor, England & Wales.

Mitali is a Principal Associate at Binnacle Legal. With over 10 years of experience spanning across both private practice and in-house roles, she specializes in advising clients across the maritime sector. Having spent her initial years training with a law firm, followed by seven years as in-house legal counsel for prominent shipowner’s headquartered in Monaco and India, and most recently leading the vessel performance claims team for a leading maritime SaaS company. Her background allows her to understand the operational realities and complexities of the maritime industry. This perspective enables her to provide pragmatic legal advice that can be actioned to achieve pragmatic commercial outcomes.

Mitali’s practice spans across both non-contentious and contentious dispute resolution, both in the bulk and tanker segments. On the advisory side, she routinely assists clients with drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, and developing and implementing legal strategies, especially for claims recovery. Her contentious experience covers high-value claims and disputes handled under various arbitral rules and forums, including the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) as well as Indian court.

By combining deep legal expertise with commercial insight gained directly in past roles, Mitali delivers practical, risk-mitigated strategies and advisory aligned for clients’ long-term business growth and operational goals, especially in time-sensitive disputes. Mitali will divide her time between India and UAE.

Osama is a registered Indian lawyer and a Senior Associate at Binnacle Legal. He is enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa. In his role, he divides his time between India and the UAE, supporting the firm’s growing presence across both regions.

Osama’s practice focuses on maritime and admiralty law, with over half a decade of experience across both dry and wet shipping matters. He has advised clients in private practice as well as in his capacity as in house counsel with leading organisations in the maritime sector. His experience spans a wide range of shipping claims and disputes, including charterparties, bills of lading, containers, crew claims, maritime casualties and security actions including ship arrest.

In addition to handling contentious matters before Indian courts and arbitration, Osama’s in house experience gives him a strong understanding of the commercial and operational realities of the shipping industry. This dual perspective enables him to provide pragmatic, commercially aligned legal advice tailored to client requirements.

Osama has also advised on trade sanctions, embargoes and compliance related issues. His work further includes matters outside the maritime domain, such as constitutional and criminal proceedings involving white collar offences and statutory violations.