The 'responsive and professional' transport and shipping practice at Birketts LLP 'gives clear and sensible advice'. The Ipswich office is home to experts in road transport, logistics, marine cargo, and multimodal carriage, as well as regulatory and licensing matters, customs and duty issues, employment matters and the drafting of commercial contracts. Head of shipping and international trade Henry Adams is a dry shipping specialist. Head litigation Alex Davey frequently handles cargo disputes. Head of regulatory and corporate defence Matthew Gowen is key adviser to operators and trade bodies. Emerging partner talent Tom Hodges frequently assists clients from Asia with dry shipping and marine insurance matters, while legal director Sarah Holsgrove handles charterparty disputes and cargo recoveries. Mediator and dry shipping litigation specialist Nicholas Woo is regarded as an expert in his field.

In the transport sector, Ashtons Legal is 'a highly regarded regional law firm with some outstanding lawyers'. Lead partner Tim Ridyard in Bury St Edmunds is 'one of the very best transport and regulatory lawyers there is', and clients remark on his 'genuine and extensive wealth of experience'. His expertise lies in providing regulatory advice and representation to operators in the goods and passenger road transport sectors, focusing predominantly on operator licensing matters. He frequently represents road transport operators at Public Inquiry hearings at the Office of the Traffic Commissioner.

Prettys Solicitors LLP in Ipswich has a multi-disciplinary team that advises key clients in the transport sector on a range of corporate, commercial, employment, data protection and property matters. Senior partner Ian Waine leads the practice, in which employment partner Matthew Cole and corporate partner Daniel Billson are the main practitioners. Corporate partner Sarah Lewis and property specialist Rebecca Cleal also play key roles in the practice. Cleal recently assisted Maritime Transport Ltd with the acquisition of freehold land in Essex, which involved the complex negotiation of existing commercial lease conditions.