Job role:
Associate
Hours
Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:30 (37.5 hours per week)
At Hill Dickinson, flexibility is an established part of our culture. Our commitment to supporting colleagues to balance their work and home lives has previously been awarded. We are happy to consider flexible working opportunities and welcome conversations about individual requirements throughout the recruitment process.
Team:
Shipping
Location:
Newcastle
Role Overview
Introduction to the role:
This is an exciting and rare opportunity to join a highly regarded Shipping Team within the Newcastle office, who specialise in disputes involving tankers and liquid/gas cargoes.
The team are ranked in the Legal 500.
The team deals with both commercial and contentious matters. This includes ship arrest, contractual disputes, cargo claims, ship sale and purchase and advising on terms and conditions.
You will be exposed to a wide cross section of clients in the shipping sector ranging from P&I clubs, vessel owners and operators.
Key Responsibilities
Introduction to the team:
- Charterparty and Bill of Lading disputes, including claims for unpaid hire, demurrage or off-spec bunker claims or cargo contamination or shortage disputes
- Vessel arrests
- Sanction checks
- Preparing and reviewing standard terms and conditions
What Are We Looking For
Important criteria:
- Qualified Solicitor or equivalent (e.g., Legal Executive)
- Maritime and contentious experience preferred.
- The ability to work as part of a team and independently.
- Demonstrable understanding of clients, colleagues, and others
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to prioritise tasks and to work under pressure.
- Excellent organisational skills
- Business development aptitude to promote Hill Dickinson and the Marine department through networking and business development activities
- Good adherence to deadlines, guidelines, and procedures (client and internal)
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.
We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.
Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.
Disability Support
We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.
At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.
All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.
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Associate - Shipping in Newcastle upon Tyne employer: Hill Dickinson LLP
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