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The Hamburg office opened in February 2019, when we took a market-leading team of four partners and around 15 associates from the shipping firm Ince & Co.

The team perfectly complemented our shipping practice of marine lawyers based in trading hubs around the globe, and Hamburg added a presence for us in an historic city which is home to one of the top three ports in Europe, and is a hub of ship owning, ship-management, financing, shipbroking, marine insurance, trading and yachting.

The Hamburg team acts for shipowners and managers, Charterers, P&I Clubs, Marine insurance companies, superyacht owners, cargo owners, shipbuilders, offshore energy and renewable contractors and sub-contractors. Clients come not only from Hamburg, Germany and the German speaking areas of Europe, but also from across the global shipping, trading and energy industries.

We act both in "dry" shipping cases involving charterparties, shipbuilding contracts, bills of lading, cargo claims, energy and trading contracts, but also have a large and busy practice in the "wet" aspects of shipping involving ship collisions, groundings, sinkings, salvage and General Average and all manner of maritime casualties.

Hamburg has an English team of 4 lawyers led by an English qualified partner Daniel Jones, which works closely with the team of 3 partners and twelve associates in the German qualified team.

Type of work undertaken by a trainee

  • Client interaction and attending meetings with clients
  • Drafting initial advice to clients and letters to the other side
  • Legal/factual research tasks
  • Assisting in Casualty investigations and casualty reports
  • Assisting with witness statements from Master and crew of ships
  • Preparing for mediation/arbitration/court proceedings/bundling etc.
  • Liaising with counsel/experts
  • Assisting with settlement negotiations
  • Assisting with disclosure
  • Assisting with witness statements

Clients
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, the Schulte Group, GARD, the UK Club, Skuld, Hapag-Lloyd, COSCO, Beazley, Geodis.

What we're looking for

We are looking for those who are interested in the marine sector. The successful candidate will spend the full-two years in Hamburg, so they must have ties to the location. German-speaking is not an essential requirement, but is desirable. The trainee will join the Hamburg office in August 2023, so you must be able to complete your LPC by summer of 2023.