Associate - Shipping and Trade

Job Description

Were Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide.Our Newcastle office is currently recruiting for an Associate (Shipping & Trade) .As well as the relevant skills and experience, were looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. We celebrate multipleapproaches and points of view and believe diversity drives innovation, so were building a culture where difference is valued.The TeamThe Norton Rose Fulbright Global Dispute Resolution Group is one of the first choice practices for the complex, high-value international work of global corporations and financial institutions. We have particular expertise in transport (which includes ourmarket-leading shipping and aviation practices), financial services, insurance, energy and infrastructure, and construction.Our shipping team deals with multi-national clients from across the globe; ship owners, commodity companies, energy majors, cruise lines, insurers, banks and financiers, lighthouse authorities and classification societies. We deal with day to day carriageof goods disputes through to multi-million pound disputes in London arbitration and at the English court for clients from Brazil, the US, China and Australia. We provide regulatory advice to our clients both external and internal to the firm including sanctions,ESG, environmental pollution and decarbonisation. We closely support our banking teams with enforcement and regulatory advice and the team also conducts transactional work in the area of ship building, shipping services agreements, long term charters, contractsof affreightment, ship recycling and other commercial shipping agreements such as in relation to construction of offshore windfarms. We work closely with our colleagues across our global network with shipping lawyers in for instance, Vancouver, Houston, NYC,Japan and Singapore.The RoleYou will be a member of the Global Dispute Resolution and Litigation group based in London. The role will involve working closely with experienced partners to help develop further the successful and expanding shipping practice at Norton Rose Fulbright. Therole will require advising clients on a broad range of disputes regulatory and transactional and work with particular focus on issues arising out of energy shipping, cruise and carriage of goods.You will work with highly regarded industry-leading specialists advising multinational clients across a range of sectors. You will advise clients on issues arising from all types of maritime work, such as obtaining anti-suit injunctions, advising clientsdelayed, arrested, or damaged cargo, dealing with disputes over payments of LDs under ship building contracts, drafting contracts of affreightment and advising on the effects of decarbonisation on shipping fleets. You will also work with other members of theNorton Rose Fulbright Group, including providing comprehensive expertise on arrest, enforcement and restructuring to our Banking and Corporate teams.Skills and Experience Required

• You will be an experienced junior to mid-level associate with a strong background in shipping, insurance, carriage of goods and trade. An understanding of relevant wider maritime issues such as ship building contracts, CoAs, enforcement of loans, tradesanctions and developing environmental issues is welcomed, but not essential.
• You will have experience of the various arbitral procedures but principally LMAA ad hoc and LCIA as well as a practical understanding of English court practice and procedure. You will have an understanding of how to use overseas counsel and arrest to obtainsecurity and the best possible outcomes for our clients.
• You will have an understanding of marine insurance and working with P&I clubs, hull and machinery underwriters, and other insurers, adjusters and consultants so as to be able to advise clients in all situations
• It is important to be able to show a proven ability to assimilate complex information and to be able to identify the potential legal risks and regulatory obligations of companies in a broad range of situations, and often complex cross border transactionsin which shipping issues arise.
• An excellent academic background is also a prerequisite.

Our clients come first and whilst we have a high performance culture and work hard as a team, in return we offer range of competitive benefits including:

• 25 days hols + Bank hols - Buy up to 5 days
• GP Service
• Bupa Healthcare
• Pension
• Flexible working

In addition, we are proud of our established health and wellbeing programme which supports our employees through mental, physical and lifestyle challenges.Norton Rose Fulbright is committed to promoting a diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace where everyone can realise their full potential and career ambitions on the basis of merit and skill. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employmentpolicies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks. Find more about Diversity and Inclusionhere.Norton Rose Fulbright is an equal opportunities employer. We will make reasonable adjustments to our application process to ensure that you have the best chance of success. We understand that theres not a "one size fits all" approach to adjustments so ourteam will work with you individually to understand more about your requirements. Please contact our Recruitment team#LI-LV1