Dr. Ann Fenech heads the marine litigation department and was Managing Partner of the firm from 2008 to 2020.

On qualifying in 1986 she joined Holman Fenwick and Willan in London. She later joined Chaffe McCall Phillips Toler and Sarpy in New Orleans.

At Fenech & Fenech, she created the marine litigation department. She has dealt exclusively with maritime issues for the past 36 years ranging from salvage to charter party disputes and from towage to enforcement of mortgages.

She lectures at the University of Malta and the International Maritime Law Institute. She is the President of the Malta Maritime Law Association, Board Member of the European Maritime Law Organization, and founding Board Member of the Malta Maritime Forum.

She has been on the Executive Council of the Comité Maritime International since 2014 and in 2018 elected Vice President.

She is currently the co-Chair of the CMI IWG on International Recognition of Judicial Sales and CMI Co-Coordinator of the project at UNCITRAL.