Shipping Solicitor/Associate/Senior Associate

Location
England, Suffolk, Ipswich
Salary
£46000 - £80000 per annum
Posted
22 Mar 2021
Closes
20 Apr 2021
Ref
HB/80912
Job Title
Lawyer
Category
Legal
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Shipping Solicitor/ Associate/Senior Associate, Ipswich

***Retrain Opportunity***

This tier 1 ranked regional heavyweight practice is seeking a Shipping Solicitor to join its Shipping & International Trade team based at its Ipswich office.

This is a brilliant opportunity for a commercial litigation solicitor or solicitors working in commercially focussed disciplines to retrain in to shipping litigation. The role is unique in that the work very rarely handled outside of the City.

The team will consider associate up to senior associate level.

The Team The firm's Shipping & international Trade team has wide experience of acting in complex, high value multi-jurisdictional and cross-border disputes for UK and international clients in all major jurisdictions.

They are familiar with leading arbitral institutions and procedures and have a strong ethos of achieving commercially sound outcomes and ensuring minimum disruption to your business.

The Role The role will entail handling a caseload of shipping matters including: - Bills of lading and cargo claims, including: security; recovery claims; limitation; obligations under Hague/Hague-Visby and Hamburg Rules charterparties including Time charter issues (payment of hire; liens; off-hire; safe ports and places; vessel performance, ICA claims) and Voyage charter issues (laytime and demurrage; payment of freight; loading, stowage and discharge) - Contracts of affreightment - International sales contracts, including: passing and retention of title; arbitration in chains of sales - Marine insurance, including: cover; double insurance; liability of brokers; duties of assured; effect of subrogation and assignment cruise and ferry line operation - Passenger, crew and stevedore claims - Ship arrest - Ship building

The Candidate - 4-8PQE PQE - Experience in commercial litigation or commercially focused discipline - Excellent academics - Background with reputable firm/s

What's on offer - Competitive salary - Comprehensive benefits package - Opportunity to retrain with a top tier practice - Contribution towards relocation costs if applicable

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