Experienced English qualified solicitor for Shipping / Offshore / Transportation

Ansøgningsfrist: 26. maj 2024 København

Do you want to work on some of the most interesting cases in the shipping, offshore and transportation industry? Do you want to further develop your legal skills in a collaborative and inspiring environment? And do you want to contribute to providing legal advice to leading companies?

Then you simply will not find a better place to do it than at Gorrissen Federspiel and right now we are looking for a capable common law qualified solicitor to join our Shipping / Offshore / Transportation group.

The Shipping / Offshore / Transportation group
The group advises on a broad range of matters, including traditional maritime law, collisions, groundings, salvage, charter parties, claims for damage to or loss of goods, marine insurance and CMR, as well as all related areas of law relevant to the shipping, offshore and transportation industries: purchase and sale, financing of ships and other assets, international trade, company law, transactions including financing and labour law.

We are lawyers for The Blue Denmark, and our maritime practice dates back to the 1890s.

We have close contacts with the companies, organisations and public authorities that make Denmark a leading maritime nation. The group’s close ties to the industry enable us to provide advice based on knowledge and understanding of market developments and individual client needs.

Advise at the highest professional and ethical level
As a lawyer at Gorrissen Federspiel, you will advise major Danish and foreign companies, institutions and private equity funds. We insist that our advice is of the highest professional and commercial standard.

Become part of a experienced and skilled group
In the Shipping, Offshore and Transportation group, you will be part of a lively team with an informal and committed atmosphere, dealing with some of the most exciting and complex international cases in the shipping, offshore and transportation industries. It is a modern and exciting department.

Attorney – and professionally among the best
You will have the best chance of succeeding in your job if you can say yes to the following:

• You are a qualified common law solicitor (3+ PQE).
• You are motivated, enthusiastic and want to develop through working on complex and exciting cases.
• You have experience or an interest in maritime law.
• You have a good understanding of both legal and business contexts, and you are able to grasp complex issues and provide overview.
• You have advanced English skills.
• You are a pragmatic and solution-oriented advisor.

About us
At Gorrissen Federspiel, we have a shared vision of being a law firm in a league of its own. For us, this means that we have the most satisfied clients, who choose us for our deep professionalism and our decency. It also means that we have the most skilled and committed employees. One of our principal tasks is to attract the best talent in the industry and ensure the best possible environment for our employees to thrive, develop and have an exciting and challenging work life. This is why flexibility, development and balance are key elements in our approach to our employees.

Read more about Gorrissen Federspiel as a workplace at Karriere – Gorrissen Federspiel.

Application and contact
Interviews will be held on an ongoing basis, so please upload your application via our website as soon as possible. If we find the right candidate before the advertising deadline, we will fill the position. If you have any questions about the position, please contact Partner Morten Berggreen, Partner Johan Casper Hennings or Practice Area Counsel Michaela Widdowson-Kidd at 33414141.

Anyone with a talent can improve their skills at Gorrissen Federspiel. We assess both current and future employees based on their skills and do not take into account social background, culture, gender, ethnicity, religion, age, skin colour or sexuality. To ensure a welcoming and equal assessment of all candidates, Gorrissen Federspiel advises applicants to send their CV without a picture. We have and want a diverse employee composition, which is why we are committed to creating the framework for an inclusive recruitment process with equal opportunities for all applicants.

Gorrissen Federspiel is one of Denmark’s largest law firms. We employ approx. 600 people of which 330 are lawyers, and we provide advice within all areas of business law. As a firm, we emphasize the importance of quality, ethics, value creation, vision and team spirit. To go the extra mile has been one of our slogans for many years, and at Gorrissen Federspiel it applies to both clients and colleagues – we want to be ‘In a league of our own’.

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