Our Transport & Logistics Team can assist with all legal needs in the increasingly regulated word of transport, from contractual and liabilities issues to regulatory and operational issues.
Birketts is the only law firm in East Anglia ranked in the UK Top Tier by the Legal 500 for our transport & shipping practice and are also ranked in Chambers and Partners UK-wide for shipping, transport: logistics, and transport: road: regulatory.
The team assists with transport-specific issues from tachographs, licensing, terms and conditions to logistics contracts, liens and toad traffic accidents. Our expertise also extends to advising on road transport and regulatory issues, transport, distribution, warehousing and carriage disputes and product liability claims.
Our lawyers take a commercial approach with many having direct industry experience. With close connections with maritime and transport lawyers in all major international jurisdictions, we proficiently liaise in French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Mandarin, Cantonese or Russian.
Key Contacts
Partner (Barrister), Head of Regulatory and Corporate Defence
Accreditations
Legal 500 [UK 2025]
Top tier
The Birketts team was constantly on the ball – combining sector-knowledge and effective (and time-efficient) advice. You really felt you were in safe hands.
Legal 500 [UK 2025]
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