Company: Ashfords
Location: London
Job Description:
Overview
In this role you will join Ashfords’ Marine team as an experienced lawyer, contributing to a Tier-1 port and harbour practice. You will handle port and marine matters across litigation, regulatory, commercial, and development work, taking on significant responsibility from day one. You will work within a supportive team, building strong client relationships and contributing to business development. The role offers clear career progression within a growing organisation focused on industry leadership and collaboration.
Pay / Benefits
- wellbeing and work-life balance
- training and development opportunities
- Responsible Business programme
- charity fundraising and environmental causes
- employee-led diversity and inclusion groups
Responsibilities
- Advise on port and marine-related issues across litigation, regulatory, commercial/logistics, and development matters
- Manage significant client work with high responsibility from the outset
- Develop and maintain long-term client relationships and networks
- Contribute to business development and industry presence
- Collaborate within a cross-functional team to support clients and projects
- Support clients through regulatory and compliance matters as part of the ports sector
- Maintain high levels of client care and technical quality
- Adapt to a high-volume, expanding workload
Key requirements
- Experience in port/marine law (PQE ideally 7+ years)
- Strong technical knowledge and client-relations skills
- Dual qualification in Scotland is a plus (nice to have)
- Proven ability to work in a successful team and handle pressure
- Willingness to engage in business development and networking
- client-focused
- excellent communicator
- relationship building
- litigation
- regulatory
- commercial/logistics
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Posted: October 1st, 2026