Ince & Co International LLP

Ince & Co Partner Jonathan Lux has been named ‘Global Shipping & Maritime Lawyer of the Year 2010’ in the Who’s Who Legal Awards.

The Federal Supreme Court of the UAE has ruled in a recent case that the Ministry of Justice has the power to overturn any Court ruling which it deems to be “improper”.

International law firm Ince & Co announced today the promotion of four solicitors to the partnership effective 1 May 2010, increasing the number of partners from 86 to 90.

Stephen Askins reports on possible new US regulations on the payment of ransoms to pirates and the effect these could have on shipowners and others involved in the ransom process.

In Singapore, international law firm Ince & Co has advised Islamic shipping fund Safeena (L) Ltd on its first investment made through an Istisna'a and Ijarah mawsufah fi zimmah structure (a deferred purchase and forward lease arrangement) .

Ince & Co’s partner team in Singapore now includes specialist insurance and reinsurance expertise with the arrival of partner, Iain Anderson, from London.

Ince & Co partner Stephen Askins looks at the key themes from 2009 and considers the development of the piracy phenomenon, the global response and the successes the industry has achieved in responding to acts of piracy and highjackings.

Denys is a leading member of the firm’s Energy & Offshore group and advises clients with a wide range of oil and gas interests, including oil traders. He has extensive commodity trading experience, including oil and gas, biofuels and metals.

The Ince & Co scheme offers potential trainees the opportunity to spend two weeks at Ince & Co doing real work. Successful candidates will be sitting with a Partner and will have a trainee to support them while they’re here.

On 16 October 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed down a decision that is set drastically to cut down the usefulness to maritime claimants of obtaining Rule B attachment orders in the future.