Chris Hall is a New York-licensed Lawyer, with over 28 years of shipping and marine insurance experience. He worked for five years in New York City and has lived and worked in Asia for 22 years. Chris is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he double-majored in Asian Studies and Political Science. He also holds a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. After several years as a shipping lawyer in New York, Chris moved to the P&I world in Asia, where he has been a P&I and FD&D claims handler, an underwriter and most recently the head of the American P&I Club’s operations in Asia, particularly business development. He is based in Hong Kong and travels widely around Southeast Asia, South Asia and Greater China.