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Ince & Co

BURJUMAN BUSINESS TOWER, TRADE CENTRE ROAD, LEVEL 21 PO BOX 123004, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Tel:
Work +971 4 359 8982
Fax:
Fax +971 4 359 0023
Web:
www.incelaw.com
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The firm

Ince & Co in Dubai advise clients across the firm’s core business areas of aviation, business and finance, energy and offshore, insurance and reinsurance, international trade and shipping. Lawyers work in all forms of local, regional and international arbitration, litigation and ADR advising clients throughout the Gulf States, Africa, the Middle East, India, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Ince is renowned for clear legal analysis and tenacious, resourceful commercial dispute resolution, deploying ADR and arbitration, as well as litigation.

Areas of practice

Aviation: the firm advises on regulatory and commercial issues, insurance and reinsurance liability, business jet acquisition, fleet renewal and asset-based financing, reputation, criminal sanctions, aviation contract work, corporate governance, crisis management, strategic safety and brand reputation issues.

Business and finance: non-contentious lawyers advise on general corporate and commercial issues. These range from corporate finance through employment to the structuring of international joint ventures. The firm also advises on asset finance, banking, property and private client, telecoms and competition.

Commercial disputes: Ince has a global reputation for its handling of commercial disputes. Almost all partners and associates participate in all forms of dispute resolution, from litigation or arbitration to dialogue, structured negotiations and formal ADR processes such as mediation. The firm handles a wide range of domestic and international disputes including business sale and purchase, design, engineering and construction, D&O liability, financial instruments, fraud, insolvency, bankruptcy, JV and agency agreements, manufacturing and supply contracts, partnerships and shareholders agreements, product liability, property, technology and telecoms.

Energy and offshore: Principally oil and gas including LNG, this has been one of Ince’s main practice areas for many years. Expertise covers contentious and non-contentious work: drafting and negotiating contracts, asset and project finance, insurance and dispute resolution. The firm has experience in all areas, including construction and operation of pipelines, offshore structures, rigs, FPSOs and other vessels, from drilling and offshore services to transportation and refining of oil and gas.

Insurance and reinsurance: Ince & Co has been involved in most of the leading cases in the evolution of insurance and reinsurance law. The firm covers all aspects of insurance, including marine and non-marine, political risk, personal accident and professional indemnity, plus regulatory and commercial.

International trade: Ince & Co has specialist expertise in all aspects of international trade, including dispute resolution, financing, trading, hedging, storage, transportation, insurance and end use. The firm advises on finance documentation, physical and financial trading terms, freight agreements, regulatory issues and sanctions and environmental issues. Clients include trading companies, oil companies, banks, funds, charterers, ship operators/owners and insurers.

Shipping: with over 140 years of experience, Ince & Co is known worldwide as one of the leading maritime law firms. The firm handles every aspect of maritime law including collisions, salvage, charterparty, carriage of goods, ship finance, workout, general average, personal injury and pollution. Ince has been involved in countless leading arbitrations and court cases and virtually every major maritime casualty.

Emergency response: Ince & Co operates a dedicated international emergency response hotline, manned 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The service responds to all disasters with particular emphasis on aviation, energy, pollution and shipping. All the offices within the Ince network are connected in order to provide immediate legal and practical advice in crisis situations. The dedicated phone number is +44 20 7283 6999.

Contact Bob Deering

Languages
Arabic
English
French
Russian

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Number of lawyers 257
at this office 13

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