The firm
Ince & Co has over 90 partners worldwide, supported by 170 lawyers and over 300 support staff. The firm has offices in ten cities globally including 3 long established offices in Asia with Shanghai already operating for more than ten years. Lawyers provide a full service to international clients in all their business activities in China, from establishing an office, inward investment, banking and finance, through to full development of opportunities in the Chinese market and dispute resolution. Advice and assistance is also given to Chinese companies in relation to activities overseas.
The firm continues to handle the consequences of many of the world’s major maritime, aviation and energy casualties. Ince provides a 24-hour, 365-day emergency response service, with a dedicated phone number: +44 20 7283 6999.
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. Clients include airlines, operators, regulators, manufacturers, airports and their trade bodies, insurers, reinsurers and insurance trade associations.
Business and finance: the firm’s non-contentious lawyers advise on general corporate and commercial issues ranging 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. Clients include international corporations, financial groups and entrepreneurs.
Commercial disputes: 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. Lawyers act in international arbitration and mediation.
Energy and offshore: 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. Clients include construction firms, oil and gas companies, drilling and service contractors, brokers and insurers.
Insurance and reinsurance: the firm covers all aspects of insurance, including marine and non-marine, political risk, personal accident and professional indemnity, plus regulatory and commercial. The firm’s client base encompasses 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: the firm 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: the firm handles every aspect of maritime law including collisions, salvage, charterparty, carriage of goods, ship finance, workout, general average, personal injury, pollution and piracy. Ince has been involved in countless leading arbitrations and court cases and virtually every major maritime casualty.
Languages
English
Mandarin
Shanghaniese
Cantonese
Hokkien
Fuzhounese
Korean
Japanese
Other offices
Dubai
Hamburg
Hong Kong
Le Havre
London
Monaco
Paris
Piraeus
Singapore
Number of lawyers 22
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