Leyla Pearson, is a Senior Manager in the Legal Department at the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). ICS is the principal international trade association for merchant shipowners and operators and is concerned with all technical, legal, employment affairs and policy issues that may affect shipowners and operators. ICS is the national shipowner associations representative at international level.
Leyla advises on legal policy and insurance matters and represents ICS at the IMO Legal Committee and liaises with IOPC Funds, governments and industry stakeholders on liability and insurance issues affecting shipping and shipowners generally.
Leyla is an English qualified solicitor and prior to joining ICS trained and worked at Clyde & Co for over 10 years before joining an IG P&I Club handling both P&I and Defence cases for over 7 years.