Ince & Co

Capital Markets, Corporate & Commercial, Compliance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking and Finance, Insolvency & Restructuring

Managing Partner

Eric is qualified to practice law in Hong Kong, England and Wales and Ireland. He has frequently assisted Mainland China companies in re-organisation and provided advice on initial public offerings and post-listing transactions and ongoing compliance on securities markets in Hong Kong and overseas. Eric has also participated in numerous joint venture and acquisition projects involving both China and Hong Kong, including the restructuring and acquisition of listed companies. In addition, he represents Chinese companies doing business and making investment in Hong Kong and overseas, and provides annual retainer services to clients with advice and solutions to a wide range of legal issues.

In recent years, Eric has served as legal counsel for many company liquidation and restructuring schemes, providing different restructuring and rescue plans to seek the most favourable solution for companies, shareholders, liquidators, and creditors, and to reduce the risks posed by liquidation and poor financial situations.

In the area of banking and finance transactions, Eric also has extensive experience, particularly in serving as a consultant for cross-border project financing and assisting clients in providing professional legal advice and support on various aspects of secured and unsecured loans, including bilateral and syndicated loans, construction loans, and merger and acquisition loans.  Eric was previously a Senior Legal Adviser of the Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited.

Eric is familiar with China business and is a China Appointed Attesting Officer appointed by the Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China.  He is also part of the first batch of Hong Kong lawyers who set up a joint venture law firm in the Shenzhen Qianhai Cooperation Zone, and obtained a working permit issued by the Guangdong Ministry of Justice.

English, Cantonese, Chinese (Mandarin)

Professional Qualifications

• Member of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

• Invited Member of Shanghai Bar Association

Public Service Appointments 

• Member of Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Panel

• Chairman, Appeal Tribunal Panel (Buildings) (2012-2024)

• Member of Licensing Appeals Board (2018-2023)

• Member of Fishermen Claims Appeals Board (2017-2023)

• Observer of Independent Police Complaints Council (2015-2021)

• Member of Disciplinary Panel A of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (2018-2023)

• Member of Greater China Legal Affair Committee, The Law Society of Hong Kong (2014-2023)

Arbitral & Mediation Institutions 

• Arbitrator of Langfang Arbitration Commission

• Arbitrator of Nanning Arbitration Commission

• Arbitrator of Beihai Arbitration Commission

• Mediator accredited by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)

• Mediator accredited by the Lands Tribunal (Building Management Cases)

• Mediator accredited by the Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association Limited

• Mediator appointed by People’s Court of the Shenzhen Qianhai Cooperation Zone

• Mediator appointed by Shenzhen Qianhai International Commercial Mediation Centre

• Mediator appointed by Xian Mediation Centre, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)

B.Sc. (Hons) University of Greenwich

University of East Anglia

University of Hong Kong

Tsinghua University