What we say about the firm's legal practice in Singapore
Asset finance
Within Foreign firms, Ince & Co is a second tier firm,
The ‘helpful, responsive’ Martin Brown at Ince & Co advised on leading ship and offshore finance deals, assisting Axis Bank with a $78.5m facility agreement. Amanda Darling joined from Norton Rose in London.
Banking and finance
Within Foreign firms, tier 4
The ‘helpful, responsive’ structured finance specialist Martin Brown at Ince & Co advised Bank of China on a $400m trade finance facility to Brightoil Petroleum, and acted for Gunvor Singapore on a $750m revolving credit facility and a $100m uncommitted transactional credit facility. The team was strengthened by the hire of ship finance specialist Amanda Darling from Norton Rose LLP. Clients recommend Gregory Xu.
International arbitration
Within International arbitration, Ince & Co is a third tier firm,
Ince & Co’s practice head and ‘standout lawyer’ Denys Hickey is a member of SIAC. The team focuses on shipping, international trade and energy disputes. Peter Rogan specialises in insurance and reinsurance. The establishment of the Ince Law Alliance with newly-formed Singapore law practice Incisive Law LLC enables the firm to handle domestic and international arbitrations requiring knowledge of Singapore and English law.
Legal market overview
Within Legal market overview,
Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Norton Rose (Asia) LLP and White & Case LLP hold Qualified Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licences, allowing them to practise domestic law employing Singapore-qualified lawyers. Other firms achieve this through joint law ventures, notably Allens Arthur Robinson TSMP, Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow, Linklaters Allen & Gledhill, Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee and Pinsent Masons MPillay LLP. In 2011, market liberalisation produced new alliances and local subsidiaries of international firms, notably Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, a joint law venture between Duane Morris LLP and Selvam LLC, and Ince & Co’s establishment of Incisive Law LLC.
Projects and energy
Within Foreign firms, tier 4
Ince & Co’s ‘standout lawyer’ Denys Hickey leads an expanding energy and offshore practice that ‘meets deadlines, follows instruction well and adds business practicality’. Highlights included advising Golar LNG Energy on the provision of a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit and associated mooring to PT Nusantara Regas.
Shipping
Within Foreign firms, Ince & Co is a first tier firm,
Ince & Co’s ‘excellent’ team, led by Richard Lovell and Simon Spark, is recommended for ‘business-practicality often absent from others’ advice’. The practice was strengthend by the establishment of the Ince Law Alliance with newly formed Singapore law practice Incisive Law LLC. Recent work includes advising multi-jurisdictional shipping insolvencies and casualty. The ‘helpful, responsive’ Martin Brown adds ship finance expertise. Denys Hickey is a ‘standout lawyer’.
Within Local firms Leading individuals
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Hong Kong
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- Asset finance : Asset finance
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Insurance : Insurance
- Shipping : Shipping
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: smaller deals up to £50m
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Commodities: derivatives
- Finance : Commodities: physicals
- Insurance : Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Transport : Overview
- Transport : Aviation
- Transport : Shipping
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Asset finance : Foreign firms
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Shipping : Foreign firms
- International arbitration : International arbitration