Associate - Shipping

Job role: Associate Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:30 (37.5 hours per week) At Hill Dickinson, flexibility is an established part of our culture. Our commitment to supporting colleagues to balance their work and home lives has previously been awarded. We are happy to consider flexible working opportunities and welcome conversations about individual requirements throughout the recruitment process. Team: Shipping Location: Newcastle Role Overview Introduction to the role: This is an exciting and rare opportunity to join a highly regarded Shipping Team within the Newcastle office, who specialise in disputes involving tankers and liquid/gas cargoes. The team are ranked in the Legal 500. The team deals with both commercial and contentious matters. This includes ship arrest, contractual disputes, cargo claims, ship sale and purchase and advising on terms and conditions. You will be exposed to a wide cross section of clients in the shipping sector ranging from P&I clubs, vessel owners and operators. Key Responsibilities Introduction to the team:

• Charterparty and Bill of Lading disputes, including claims for unpaid hire, demurrage or off-spec bunker claims or cargo contamination or shortage disputes
• Vessel arrests
• Sanction checks
• Preparing and reviewing standard terms and conditions What Are We Looking For Important criteria:
• Qualified Solicitor or equivalent (e.g., Legal Executive)
• Maritime and contentious experience preferred.
• The ability to work as part of a team and independently.
• Demonstrable understanding of clients, colleagues, and others
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to prioritise tasks and to work under pressure.
• Excellent organisational skills
• Business development aptitude to promote Hill Dickinson and the Marine department through networking and business development activities
• Good adherence to deadlines, guidelines, and procedures (client and internal)

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief. We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths. Disability Support All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks. Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.