Ince is renowned for clear legal analysis and tenacious, resourceful commercial dispute resolution, deploying ADR and arbitration, as well as litigation.
The firm: Underpinning this expertise is a grasp of clients’ commercial needs. Ince provides business and finance advice for corporate clients in a wide range of industries.
Types of work undertaken: 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. Clients include airlines, operators, regulators, manufacturers, airports and their trade bodies, insurers, reinsurers and insurance trade associations.
Business and finance: Ince & Co’s 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, mergers and acquisitions, property and private client, telecoms and competition. Clients include international corporations, financial groups and entrepreneurs.
Commercial disputes: Ince & Co has a global reputation for the handling of commercial disputes. Almost all London 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. The firm continues to be involved in some of the largest cases before the courts.
Energy and offshore: 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 onshore and offshore construction, pipelines, offshore structures, rigs, FPSOs and other vessels, drilling and offshore services, transportation, refining of oil and gas and all forms of renewable energy. The firm advises contractors, sub-contractors, operators, insurers, underwriters and lawyers in a wide range of jurisdictions. Ince has acted on most of the significant cases arising from offshore operations in the last 30 years.
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. Clients include insurance buyers, insurance and reinsurance companies, Lloyd’s syndicates along with brokers and intermediaries, captives and a wide range of specialist insurance service providers.
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 is regularly judged the world’s leading shipping law firm. The firm handles every aspect of maritime law including collisions, salvage, charterparty, carriage of goods, ship finance, ship building, sale and purchase, workout, general average, personal injury and pollution. Ince has been involved in countless leading arbitrations and court cases and virtually every major maritime casualty. The firm represents many of the world’s largest shipowners, P&I Clubs, managers, charterers, traders, banks, shipyards and insurers. The firm also has a dedicated yacht practice advising on matters ranging from new building projects, the sale and purchase of second-hand yachts to the negotiation of design, building and repair contracts for yachts.
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 manner of 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 (0) 20 7283 6999.
Ince & Co has offices in Dubai, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Le Havre, London, Paris, Piraeus, Shanghai and Singapore.
Number of UK partners 55
Number of other UK fee-earners 145
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