At a Glance
- Tasks: Handle high-profile international maritime disputes and provide commercially focused legal advice.
- Company: Join a leading international law firm with a strong reputation in shipping and trade.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working, generous leave, and comprehensive wellbeing support.
- Other info: Excellent career development opportunities in a collaborative and inclusive environment.
- Why this job: Make an impact in a dynamic field while enjoying a genuine work-life balance.
- Qualifications: Qualified Solicitor with 3+ years' experience in shipping litigation or maritime disputes.
The predicted salary is between 85000 - 100000 £ per year.
Shipping Litigation Solicitor, 3+ PQE, London, £85,000–£100,000 (DOE).
Join a highly regarded Legal 500-ranked Shipping team handling high-profile international maritime disputes with excellent hybrid working and benefits on offer.
THE ROLE: This role offers exposure to a broad spectrum of shipping and international trade matters, including marine casualties, General Average disputes, ship sale and purchase transactions, port operations and emergency response situations.
Acting for a diverse international client base, you will provide commercially focused advice across a wide range of contentious maritime issues.
The caseload is varied and high quality, encompassing vessel arrests, Admiralty proceedings, unpaid shipping and bunker claims, bill of lading and charterparty disputes, as well as English High Court litigation and international arbitration.
THE CANDIDATE: Applications are welcomed from qualified Solicitors with a minimum of 3 years' PQE and experience in shipping litigation or maritime disputes.
You will possess strong technical knowledge, excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
The successful candidate will demonstrate strong communication and client relationship skills, enjoy working collaboratively and independently, and have an interest in business development and building a profile within the shipping sector.
THE FIRM: This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading international law firm with a longstanding reputation in the marine, trade and energy sectors.
Renowned for delivering exceptional client service, the firm is equally committed to investing in the development of its people and fostering a flexible, collaborative and inclusive working environment.
Offering a genuine work-life balance alongside high-quality, complex legal work, this is an ideal opportunity for an ambitious lawyer looking to develop their career within a highly regarded international practice.
THE PACKAGE: An excellent salary and comprehensive benefits package is on offer, including an annual bonus, hybrid working, 25 days' annual leave plus birthday leave and a Christmas shutdown, private medical insurance, an annual fitness allowance, an enhanced pension scheme, an electric vehicle scheme, enhanced family leave, life assurance, group income protection, comprehensive wellbeing support, and outstanding training and career development opportunities. e NL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission.
As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days.
If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.
At e NL we value diversity and inclusion.
We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
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