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Shipping Paralegal

Employer
JMC Legal Recruitment
Location
England, London
Salary
£28000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Closing date
9 Aug 2019
Reference
BBBH15069

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Job Details

Are you an Asset Finance or Shipping Paralegal wanting to go into the extremely lucrative and dynamic area of Shipping Finance Law? This is a top 50 law firm, and they are a City giant. They have an incredible international presence, with a worldwide reach. They are tier 1-3 across a significant number of practice areas. They are a dominant market force, and yet have retained a good culture, excellent career progression, and untouched staff retention rates. They offer Training Contracts down the line to the right people.

The Firm

The firm have a long heritage spanning across over 150 years, and as such have an incredible reputation and client base, which has grown year on year. Their international presence is almost unrivalled, as is their expertise across most of their departments.

The firm have an unbeatable culture- you will enjoy going to work. And yet, their network of ultra HNW individuals, companies, businesses, conglomerates, is expansive- crossing across jurisdictions and overseas as well as in the City.

The Role

Because the firm are continuously expanding, they are looking for a Shipping Finance Paralegal to join their flourishing and multi-award winning Shipping Finance team in London.

Although most of their clients have a UK nexus, there is a substantial offshore, foreign and international aspect to their practice and you would be expected to be familiar with dealing with the challenges this brings.

You will have a hands on role, supporting a Partner at the firm, and tackle a wide range of issues across clients comprising of some of the world's largest ship owners, shipyards, energy services companies, ship finance banks, and more. The firm's maritime clientele is international, and comprise of high net worth individuals and companies, including in luxury ships.

You will experience a range of maritime and international trade finance issues, including: commodities, ship and offshore finance, shipbuilding, shipping litigation, trade finance and more.

The Shipping Finance team is widely recognised as one of the best in the global market.

Requirements:

  • You will be a Shipping Finance Paralegal (1+ years experience) OR a general Banking/Finance Paralegal (2+ years experience) with an interest in Shipping Finance
  • You should have experience in a wide range of Finance matters, with high net worth clients/work included in this
  • You will have a "can do" attitude and be a first-class communicator
  • You should have a meticulous eye for detail
  • Salary is up to 30k, depending on experience
  • This is an excellent opportunity for a Shipping Finance Paralegal to join this Top 50, global market leading practice in the heart of London.

    Apply now for immediate consideration.

    Company

    JMC Legal Recruitment are a National legal recruitment agency with offices in London, Bristol and New York. Working with Top law firms, a refreshing approach.

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