General Counsel

Jonathan Silver is General Counsel at Purus.

Jonathan has 20 years' legal experience in maritime, debt & leases. Jon was previously a partner in the shipping and ship finance department at the international law firm Watson Farley & Williams LLP, based in Hong Kong. Prior to that he was a partner at Maples Group, providing Marshall Islands and BVI and Cayman legal services. Jonathan worked as Head of Shipping, North Asia at the international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright from 2004 to 2019 (with a short stint at a boutique law firm in Hong Kong). Jonathan is qualified as a lawyer in the BVI, England & Wales, Hong Kong, Ireland and the Marshall Islands and is appointed as a notary public in Hong Kong. His specialist areas include shipping, ship finance, banking (debt, leases), commodities, oil & gas and general finance.

Jonathan took a BA (Hons) degree in Chinese at S.O.A.S (University of London) before qualifying in law at City University (London) and City University (Hong Kong).