Description
Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm with a deep commitment to our clients, their businesses and industries and our people.
You will take a leading role on sophisticated bilateral and syndicated financings, refinancings and restructurings, portfolio transactions, sale and leasebacks, vessel acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures and shipbuilding arrangements.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead complex shipping finance and broader non-contentious maritime transactions from instruction through closing.
- Take primary responsibility for structuring, drafting and negotiating facility agreements, security packages and transaction documents.
- Provide strategic and commercially focused advice to banks, funds, lessors, shipowners, operators and other market participants.
- Coordinate international teams, local counsel and specialist disciplines to deliver integrated cross-border advice.
- Supervise, coach and develop associates and trainees, ensuring quality, efficiency and effective matter management.
- Support partner-led client relationships and identify opportunities for cross-selling and new business.
- Contribute to thought leadership, pitches, client training and the strategic development of the Shipping practice.
Key Skills and Experience
- Qualified lawyer with approximately 5 or more years of relevant post-qualification experience; equivalent senior-level experience will be considered.
- Substantial experience leading shipping finance, asset finance, banking or closely related transactions.
- Excellent drafting, negotiation and project-management skills, including on multi-jurisdictional matters.
- Strong client-handling capability, commercial judgement and confidence operating with a high degree of autonomy.
- Demonstrated experience supervising teams, developing junior lawyers and maintaining consistently high standards.
- An established interest in shipping market developments and a willingness to contribute to business development.
- Excellent written and spoken English; Greek language capability would be advantageous for an Athens-based role.
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