Ince & Co.

Infobox Law Firm
firm_name = Ince & Co
firm_
headquarters =
num_offices = 9
num_attorneys = tbc
practice_areas = Shipping Law, Aviation Law, Business and Finance, Dispute Resolution, Energy & Offshore, Insurance & Reinsurance, International Trade Law
revenue = profit £64.3 million (2007) [http://www.legalweek.com/assets/getAsset.aspx?uiAssetID=3acdce52-5b01-4a7e-a4f5-26bde16fd56f]
date_founded = 1870
homepage = [http://www.incelaw.com/ www.incelaw.com]

Ince & Co is an international law firm, with a network of offices across Dubai, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Le Havre, London, Paris, Piraeus, Shanghai and Singapore. The firm practices English, French, German, UAE (including Sharia Law) and Hong Kong law.

Renowned for its acumen on major admiralty matters, the firm excels in working with owners, their underwriters and P&I clubs on high-profile casualties. Interviewees commend its ability to “field a huge team quickly to any major emergency.”

The marine department is one of the firm’s largest in terms of numbers. [ [http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk/resultseditorial.aspx?fid=208&cid=6&pidtype=2&pid=47&solbar=1 Chambers and Partners : Chambers UK Guide All Editorial ] ]

Main areas of practice

The firm specialises in the following areas:

* Shipping law
* Aviation law
* Business Law and Finance
* International Trade Law
* Dispute Resolution
* Energy & Offshore
* Insurance and reinsurance

Shipping Law

Ince & Co is regularly judged the number one shipping law firm. It handles every aspect of maritime law, including collisions, salvage, charterparty, carriage of goods, ship finance, work-out, general average, personal injury and pollution.

Ince & Co has been involved in countless arbitration and court cases and virtually every major maritime casualty in living memory. In recent times, the firm's handling of the high profile Prestige oil spill won it the Legal Business Shipping Team of the Year award. This track record has continued with instructions in the past year in the Anna PC (involving the largest pollution incident in Egyptian history) and an active role in the MSC Napoli.The firm represents major P&I Clubs, shipowners, charterers and their underwriters.

Aviation Law

Ince & Co Aviation Team handles a wide range of aviation matters, including finance, chartering, leasing, insurance, regulation, air carriage and accidents. [http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk/FirmProfile.aspx?fid=208&solbar=1&pid=-1&cid=-1&Aid=-1]

Business & Finance

Ince & Co's Business and Finance Group advises on general corporate and commercial issues. These range from corporate finance through employment to the structuring of international joint ventures. It also practises in the areas of corporate insurance and insurance regulatory work, banking, property and private client, telecoms, IP/IT and media, EU and competition. [http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk/FirmProfile.aspx?fid=208&solbar=1&pid=-1&cid=-1&Aid=-1]

Dispute Resolution

Ince & Co has one of the largest dispute resolution practices in London. It handles a wide range of domestic and international disputes involving such matters as 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. Generally, and in its other core areas, Ince specialises in reputation issues associated with accidents and disputes. The firm has countless leading court and arbitration decisions to its credit and is said to have been the first UK law firm to mediate claims in excess of $1bn. [http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk/FirmProfile.aspx?fid=208&solbar=1&pid=-1&cid=-1&Aid=-1]

Energy & Offshore

Principally oil and gas 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. Ince 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. Ince has acted on most of the significant cases arising from offshore operations in the last 30 years, including Piper Alpha (representing the operator). [http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk/FirmProfile.aspx?fid=208&solbar=1&pid=-1&cid=-1&Aid=-1]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Ince has been involved in most of the leading cases in the evolution of insurance and reinsurance law. The firm covers all aspects of these sectors, including marine and non-marine, plus regulatory and commercial, political risks, personal accident and professional indemnity. Peter Rogan, considered by many as the leading London insurance and reinsurance practitioner, heads the practice. [http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk/FirmProfile.aspx?fid=208&solbar=1&pid=-1&cid=-1&Aid=-1]

Offices

Ince & Co has 9 offices worldwide:

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External links

* [http://www.incelaw.com/ Ince & Co Website]
* [http://www.incelaw.com/publications/index.asp?id=394,19,43,24/ History of Ince & Co]
* [http://www.chambersandpartners.com/ Chambers and Partners Website]
* [http://www.legal500.com/ Legal 500]
* [http://www.thelawyer.com/ The Lawyer]

References

See also

* List of 100 largest UK law firms
* List of 100 largest European law firms

* Leading cases in English law
* English Law Commission