The Role

Department: Energy, Marine and Natural Resources

Location: London / Guildford

Role: Associate & Senior Associate, Permanent

The Team

We specialise in dispute resolution and international arbitration within Trade, Commodities and Shipping and have the largest shipping practice in the world.

Our history of over 90 years' experience in the marine market, making us one of the oldest maritime law firms in the world, enables us to keep our focus forward, helping our clients respond to fundamental changes in an increasingly challenging geopolitical and regulatory landscape.

Our clients include international energy companies, offshore service contractors, engineering and infrastructure companies and consultants, insurance companies, charterers, shipbuilders and clients across the broader trade and commodities sector.

Essential Skills & Experience

We currently have opportunities for associates who hold disputes experience within logistics, marine, shipping, cargo recovery, transportation of goods, and trade and commodities.

• The successful candidate will need to hold a proven track record of managing disputes across either of the highlighted areas.
• Ability to effectively manage and run case load across various clients, meeting service level agreements and data metrics.
• Building and maintaining client relationships, taking responsibility for business growth and development.
• Responsible for maintaining up to date on industry knowledge and sharing with peers where relevant.
• Contractual and commercial dispute resolution experience is a requirement. Ideally within shipping disputes, international arbitration, marine coverage and cargo disputes or across trade & commodities.

Role Competency Requirements

Technical Excellence

Technical legal expertise: knowledge of the law and ability to apply it

Research: the ability to conduct research effectively and apply it commercially

Managing legal processes: the ability to ensure all legal processes are followed efficiently and effectively

People and Team

Guiding individual performance and development: develops the skills of self and others

Teamwork and collaboration: working cooperatively and effectively with others

Leadership: creating high performing teams

Client Relationships and Business Development

Building business relationships: establishing, maintaining and using relationships to create and develop business opportunities

Commercial thinking: understanding the commercial drivers

Cross-selling and business development

Finance and Practice Management

Finance management and understanding of the business

Project management: ensuring projects are delivered

Knowledge sharing

Personal Effectiveness

Communication

Clarity of thinking

Personal contribution

This is the job description as constituted at present; however the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.

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