WHAT IS THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE FIRM ?
Kelsey Tollady Associate
has been in the maritime space and has involved a broad mix of cases from charterparty disputes to arrest and enforcement proceedings. The department is keen to ensure that, from an early stage, associates can guide their own professional development based on their individual interests. As a junior in the team, you are expected to hit the ground running and learn quickly in order to take on a lot of day-to-day responsibility. One of the most rewarding parts of the job of a litigator is attending court and seeing all your hard work come together. In the Disputes team there are plenty of opportunities to attend court hearings, arbitration proceedings and trials, even as a trainee. I recently worked on a matter which went to the Court of Appeal, where our banking clients were successful in resisting an application by a ship owner, whose vessel had been arrested, for a cross-undertaking in damages - a landmark decision for the shipping industry which confirmed long-established English legal principles of in rem admiralty claims. Being involved in such high-profile cases is one of the many reasons a role in Disputes at WFW is so rewarding.
After my first Dispute Resolution seat as a trainee, I knew I wanted to join the department on qualification. The work is varied and complex, with every case and every day in the team bringing new challenges. Although the department has an excellent reputation in the firm’s key sectors of transport and energy, for which there is no shortage of high-quality work, I was also exposed to an array of cases outside of these sectors and worked for clients including High Net Worth Individuals, banks and governmental organisations. WFW is the ideal firm for anyone wanting to be involved in international work. The vast majority of cases have international elements and we frequently work on matters together with the other offices and foreign counsel. As a result, we get involved in some really fascinating disputes on behalf of a huge range of clients. Having decided early on that Dispute Resolution was the best team for me, I was fortunate enough to then undertake a Disputes seat in Singapore before returning to the London Disputes team for my final seat rotation. Since qualification, the majority of my work
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