Shipping Litigation Lawyer 0-8yrs pqe

IDEX Consulting Ltd; England; Sur place; GBP 65 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive City salary

Outstanding training and mentoring

Direct client contact with major industry players

Supportive team

Résumé du poste

A leading legal recruitment firm is seeking Shipping Litigation Associates in London to join a prestigious marine practice. This role involves handling high-value disputes in shipping law, providing opportunities for career growth within a collaborative environment. Ideal candidates will have 0-8 years PQE, strong legal skills, and a genuine interest in maritime law. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• 0-8 years PQE in shipping litigation or commercial litigation.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, international environment.
• Experience in handling complex legal disputes.

Responsabilités

• Act on high-value, complex disputes across shipping law.
• Advise various stakeholders including shipowners and insurers.
• Work on English High Court litigation and international arbitration.
• Engage in urgent crisis response matters.
• Advising shipowners, charterers, insurers, brokers, financiers, and energy companies.
• Working on English High Court litigation and international arbitration.

Connaissances

Shipping litigation

International arbitration

Commercial litigation

Strong technical legal skills

Excellent drafting ability

Commercial awareness

Description du poste

Business Director @ IDEX Consulting Ltd | Senior Legal Recruitment Consultant

An elite international law firm is seeking outstanding Shipping Litigation Associates (0–8 years PQE) to join its market-leading Tier 1 Marine practice in London.

This is a rare opportunity to work with one of the world’s most prestigious shipping and international trade teams, consistently ranked top-tier for contentious marine work.

🔹 The Role

• Acting on high-value, complex disputes across the full spectrum of shipping and maritime law, including:
• Charterparty, bill of lading and COA disputes
• Shipbuilding, repair and offshore construction disputes
• Marine casualties, collisions, salvage, and limitation of liability
• P&I, H&M and war risks insurance claims
• Advising shipowners, charterers, insurers, brokers, financiers, and energy companies on some of the most significant disputes in the market.
• Working on both English High Court litigation and international arbitration (LMAA, LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL).
• Involvement in urgent crisis response matters (e.g. collisions, groundings, salvage operations), providing strategic advice under pressure.
• Opportunities to handle cross-border disputes, often with parallel proceedings in multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience in shipping litigation, international arbitration, or commercial litigation (candidates with broader disputes backgrounds and a genuine interest in maritime law are encouraged to apply).
• Strong technical legal skills, excellent drafting ability, and commercial awareness.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, international environment and work closely with leading partners in the sector.

🔹 What’s on Offer

• The chance to join a world-renowned practice at the forefront of marine litigation.
• Exposure to landmark cases and precedent-setting disputes.
• Direct client contact with some of the biggest names in the shipping, trading, and insurance sectors.
• A collaborative, supportive team environment with outstanding training and mentoring.
• Competitive City salary and benefits package.

If you are ambitious, commercially minded, and looking to build your career in shipping litigation at the very top of the market, this is an exceptional opportunity.

📩 To find out more or to apply confidentially, please send your CV to [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal

Industries

• Law Practice