Prof. Mayank Suri

Prof. Mayank Suri

Assistant Professor

B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), LL.M., and M. Eng. (Pursuing)

LL.M. (Swansea University, UK)

Prof. Mayank Suri is currently an Assistant Professor with O.P. Jindal Global University. In addition, he is a lawyer in India specializing in Maritime Law. Mayank graduated with a B.A., LL.B (Hons.) degree from Jindal Global Law School in the year 2015. He also has a Master of Laws in International Maritime Law from Swansea University, United Kingdom and has worked with two law firms in India based in Delhi and Mumbai. Mayank has worked with port operators, P&I insurers, H&M insurers, charterers, bunker suppliers, stevedores, shipowners, consignees, crew, ship managers, coastal police agencies and government agencies on litigation, regulatory and contract matters. Mayank undertook research into artificial intelligence and autonomous vessels during his postgraduate studies at Swansea University.

He made two postgraduate project dissertations one of which was on the comparison of offshore oil pollution liability regimes of UK and India, the other was on the exposure of the shipping industry to cyber risks and the implications of exclusion from insurance cover. His research focus is to study the legal impact of modern technologies in the shipping industry.

  • ‘Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (MASS) and the Salvage Convention 1989: Distinct operations requiring distinct treatment’ Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly (2023)
  • ‘Who is an Operator within LLMC?’ Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly (2022)
  • ‘Identifying factors affecting salvage rewards of crewless vessels — lessons from a case study’ WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (2022)
  • ‘Will LLMC apply to Remote Control Centre operators?’ Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly (2022)
  • ‘Autonomous vessels as ships – the definition conundrum’ IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (2020)
  • ‘Fixture And Gencon 94: Are Gencon 94 Law and Arbitration Provisions Brought Into The Charter The Indian View’ The Journal of International Maritime Law (2020)
  • ‘Autonomous Ships And The Proximate Cause Conundrum – A Maritime And Insurance Law Tango’ The Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce (2020)
  • “Autonomous ships and the proximate cause conundrum – a maritime and insurance law tango”, Autonomous Inland and Short Sea Shipping Conference (AISS 2020) by Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems (DST), University of Duisburg-Essen, RWTH Aachen University, 23 October 2020
  • “Autonomous vessels as ships – The definition conundrum”, International Conference on Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (ICMASS 2020) by Korea Autonomous and Unmanned Ship Forum (KAUS), 11 & 12 November 2020
  • “Calculating salvage rewards for crewless vessels”, CML Research Workshop, NUS Law, 27 October 2021
  • “Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) and limitation of liability”, CML Research Workshop, NUS Law, 16 March 2022
  • Maritime Dispute Settlement, Centre for Maritime Law and Research: Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, Directorate General of Shipping and Mar Gregorios College of Law, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, 22 October 2023
  • Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (MASS) and the Salvage Convention 1989: Distinct operations requiring distinct treatment”, 2023 Asian Law Schools Association (ALSA) Conference, Taiwan, 2 & 3 December 2023
  • Tech
  • big industry
  • role of state in private law
  • private international law
  • contract law
  • legal theory
  • third world approaches to international law
  • Law of Taxation
  • Contract Law 1 & 2
  • Legal Methods
  • Moot Court and Trial Advocacy
  • Private Maritime Law