Milburn House, Dean Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1LE Tel: 0191 233 2222 Email: recruitment@mills-co.com Web: www.mills-co.com Mills & Co
The firm Mills & Co Solicitors Limited specialises exclusively in shipping and international trade. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, and currently with a team of 24 lawyers we are the largest specialist in our fields outside London. Newcastle has strong historical roots in shipping and has long been the UK’s ‘second city’ for shipping law and our work is conducted before the same London-based courts and tribunals as the London firms specialising in the same fields. Within shipping and international trade globally, we are ranked alongside the leading London law firms and are compared favourably by clients and legal directories. For academically gifted lawyers wanting to combine the intelletual stimulation of working in some of the most interesting and varied areas of international commercial law with the quality of life advantages of the North East, our traineeships provide a unique opportunity. Types of work We are a full-service firm in our specialist fields. In shipping we have a significant presence in both ‘dry’ work (essentially law of contract type work involving all types of contracts used for hiring and insuring ships, carrying cargoes, building and financing new ships, and buying, selling, financing and repairing second-hand ships), as well as ‘wet’ work (essentially law of tort type work involving collisions between one ship and another ship as well as between ships and other structures, groundings, as well as specialists contracts concerning salvage, towage and other services provided to ships in distress). In international trade we are involved in drafting, advising on and litigating contracts in relation to the international sale of goods. Who should apply We aim to provide work to the highest standards in the UK and therefore seek trainees who combine high academic achievement (at least A*AA at A level and 2.1 at university level) with an outgoing personality and an international outlook. Languages are an advantage as our lawyers travel to visit the leading shipping markets globally. We are committed to providing the best training possible with the aim that our trainees will stay with us upon qualification and ultimately become partners in the firm. In return we are seeking a genuine interest in shipping law and a clear commitment to remaining in the North East. Training programme We operate a three-seat system each of about eight months in shipping litigation (shipping contract/tort disputes), commercial (a non-contentious seat including ship sale and purchase, shipbuilding, ship repair and ship finance) and commercial litigation (commodity sale contract disputes). In each seat the trainee sits with a partner specialising in the relevant field. We have a roughly one-to-one ratio between partners and non-partners which allows us to provide detailed supervision of trainees and junior lawyers. Trainees can expect to receive work from most of the partners during their traineeships as we do not operate in teams and aim to ensure that trainees sample all areas of the firm’s work. When and how to apply Apply via our website www.mills-co.com before 30 June 2020 for training contracts commencing in 2022. Work placements We offer one-week vacation schemes in Spring and Summer 2020 ahead of our 30 June 2020 deadline for 2022 traineeships. Sponsorship We will pay your GDL and LPC fees.
Vacancies Trainees Partners Total staff
1 2
13 32
Work placement
yes
Training contract deadline 30 June 2020 Apply to See website Starting salary £26,500 Sponsorship GDL/LPC Offices Newcastle upon Tyne
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