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Ince & Co

16 COLLYER QUAY #19-00 HITACHI TOWER, SINGAPORE 049318, SINGAPORE

Tel:: Work +65 6538 6660
Fax:: Fax +65 6538 6122

Web:: www.incelaw.com
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Singapore, Shanghai, Piraeus, Paris, Monaco, London and 4 more

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’.

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