Careers
At Minerva Legal, we recognize that our continued success depends on the talent, dedication, and integrity of our people. As a modern and dynamic law firm, we place significant importance on recruiting and developing individuals with strong academic backgrounds, diverse skills, and a shared commitment to our core values, fostering an inclusive culture where exceptional professionals can thrive and contribute meaningfully to our practice.
We seek intellectually driven lawyers and legal professionals who demonstrate a passion for delivering innovative, effective solutions to complex legal challenges through high-caliber insights and pragmatic advice. Minerva Legal offers rewarding career opportunities across multiple roles supported by structured learning programs; if you share our dedication to excellence, you are invited to join our dynamic team by submitting your resume and cover letter to careers@mlpng.com.
Admiralty and Maritime Law
The carriage of goods by sea remains indispensable to international trade, accounting for the largest share of global cargo movement by both volume and weight.
At Minerva Legal, we appreciate the commercial realities of the maritime industry and the legal complexities that accompany doing business in this highly regulated and operationally demanding sector. Our team combines broad industry knowledge with multidisciplinary legal expertise, enabling us to handle the full spectrum of shipping and maritime matters – from complex structured finance transactions to anti-competitive conduct, shipbuilding and conversion disputes, offshore operations, and issues arising across the transport and trading chain.
Our clients include shipowners, vessel builders, charterers, traders, insurers, operators, stevedores, classification societies, non-vessel-operating carriers, and financiers.
On the contentious side, we provide robust enforcement strategies, including ship arrests, maritime liens, freezing orders, and emergency court procedures.
For non-contentious matters, our services cover the drafting and negotiation of user agreements, time and voyage charterparty contracts, ship sale and purchase agreements, ship and bareboat registrations, shipbuilding contracts, title documentation and searches, collateral management agreements, and the registration and notation of mortgages.
We also advise on marine insurance and standard operating documentation. We work seamlessly with colleagues in our insurance, energy, and natural resources practices, ensuring clients benefit from an integrated, cross-sector approach to matters connected to marine transportation and offshore operations.
With multijurisdictional insight and a deep understanding of admiralty and maritime law, we deliver pragmatic, commercially grounded solutions tailored to client needs.
