Shipping Solicitor

SHIPPING SOLICITOR 2/4 PQE – HAMPSHIRE – UP TO £55,000 (DOE) – JOB REF:6085

OVERVIEW:
This leading firm’s shipping team undertakes a wide range of contentious and non-contentious work on behalf of owners, insurers, financiers and builders in the marine leisure sector. They are enjoying huge success and receiving an increasing number of instructions across the industry, so are looking to hire an additional Solicitor to support this pipeline of work. The successful individual will be actively involved in all areas of marine law, including providing advice on matters relating to superyacht ownership such as sale, purchase, build and refit of yachts and superyachts. The role will also include working with underwriters and owners in relation to policy terms as well as claims arising from collisions, salvage or machinery damage. Complex and multi-jurisdictional disputes work will also form part of the role. This opportunity will suit individuals with strong commercial drafting skills and an exceptional sense of client service. We would welcome expressions of interest from lawyers with a strong commercial or litigation background with a genuine and demonstrable interest in the sector.

The successful Shipping Solicitor will have at least 2 -4 years’ PQE and be experienced in providing contentious and / or non-contentious marine law advice, or commercial litigation advice or commercial contracts advice with enthusiasm for the marine sector. You will ideally have experience of acting on multi-jurisdictional matters and experienced in acting for a range of individual HNW and corporate clients. You MUST be able to demonstrate an interest in marine leisure and superyacht law.

HOW TO APPLY:
Contact Gemma Jones at eNL on 020 7183 8586 or email gemma.jones@enllegal.co.uk with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion. eNL 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.

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