Shipping Litigation lawyer 4+ years’ PQE SUFFOLK
- Recruiter
- Farrar Levin Legal Recruitment
- Location
- Suffolk
- Salary
- up to £68,000
- Posted
- 30 Jan 2017
- Closes
- 21 Feb 2017
- Ref
- NL003186
- Job Title
- Solicitor
- Practice Area
- Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Shipping
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Well-regarded law firm in Suffolk is looking to recruit a Shipping Litigation lawyer of 4 or more years’ PQE to its Shipping team. The Shipping team advises on all aspects of dry shipping, multi-jurisdictional litigation, contractual issues in relation to shipping joint ventures, port operation and expert inspection services. They also have extensive experience of acting in shipping disputes before the English High Court and in London arbitration. Work comes out of both the London and international markets and as such the team receives top quality instructions from a client base that includes cargo and hull underwriters and brokers, foreign law firms, most of the leading P&I Clubs and/or direct instructions from owners, operators and charterers. Matters which the team cover include: • Bills of lading • Charterparties • Contracts of affreightment • Cargo claims • MoA disputes • Shipbuilding disputes • Ship finance and sale/purchase.
The successful candidate will have sound knowledge of commercial Shipping Litigation/Arbitration. and must be comfortable working in a fast paced and extremely busy environment and prepared to participate in business development.