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Ince & Co - ArticlesInce & Co is an international law firm with 85 partners. As well as Dubai, the Ince network includes offices in Hamburg, Hong Kong, Le Havre, London, Paris, Piraeus, Shanghai and Singapore. The firm’s lawyers practise English, French, German, UAE (including Shariah) and Hong Kong law.
Ince & Co’s experience in aviation is worldwide and ranges from purchase and finance (including Islamic Finance), through liability, insurance and subrogation, to reputation, criminal sanctions and public affairs. Its aviation expertise is reflected in its client base: a broad range of airlines, operators, regulators, manufacturers, airports and their trade bodies, insurers, reinsurers, and insurance trade associations. The key to Ince’s approach is its understanding and experience of the technology and the commercial imperatives of the aviation market. Lawyers in the firm also advise in six other core business areas: Business & Finance; Commercial Disputes; Energy; Insurance & Reinsurance; International Trade and Shipping. Teams regularly use knowledge of one sector to advise clients in another. Ince & Co advises Islamic Shipping Fund Safeena (L) Ltd on first investmentIn 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) in a 19,900 dwt stainless steel chemical carrier with Jimbaran AS, a Norway-based entity which owns and operates chemical carriers. Ince & Co named as one of the Best Legal Employers by Legal WeekInce & Co had a very good year in 2009, taking 12th place overall and 3rd in London Hague Rules: dangerous goods and negligent stowageCompania Sud Americana de Vapores S.A. v. Sinochem Tianjin Import & Export Corp. (The Aconcagua) [2009] EWHC 1880 Ince & Co Shipping e-Brief: Piracy - update and overviewThis time last year, we were into the second week of the hijacking of the M/V Faina. It was one of a cluster of ships taken in September 2008 and held near Hobyo, Somalia, and would take until January this year to be resolved. Other ships were being held near Eyl, Somalia, and one in three attacks in the Gulf of Aden and in the seas to the east of Somalia was proving successful. A year on, where are we? Rule B - the banks have had enough!On 16 October 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed down a decision [i] that is set drastically to cut down the usefulness to maritime claimants of obtaining Rule B attachment orders [ii] in the future. New Greek Law Team for Ince & Co Piraeus Joins on 2 January 2009International law firm Ince & Co is responding to market needs with the appointment of a team of experienced and respected Greek lawyers to its Piraeus office. The firm’s new Greek legal team comprises litigators and advocates George Iatridis and Dimitris Kapsis, together with Greek lawyers Dimitris Ghiomelakis and Donatos Apostolou. George Iatridis, together with Dimitris Kapsis, will join Ince & Co’s Piraeus office on 2 January 2009. Middle East Shipping 'riding Out' the Storm [ince Al Jallaf & Co]One of the Middle East's leading maritime business leaders today expressed confidence that the region's shipping industry is riding out the global economic storm.
United Arab Emirates: Sunday, December 14 - 2008
Ince Al Jallaf & Co Successful Night of Ince & CoLast night two members of our editorial & news team were delighted to attend a series of short presentations focusing on three different, but vitally important aspects of the superyacht industry, namely broking, crewing and registering with flag states at Ince & Co's 'Turning the dream into reality II' event in London. Ince & Co - the Erika: Potential Unlimited Liability for Producers of WasteThe breakdown of The Erika off the coast of Brittany, on 12 December 1999, and the oil spill which followed exposed her Owners, her Managers, her Charterers (the oil major Total) and her Classification Society (Rina) to large compensation claims from local authorities and businesses affected by the spill and from environmentalists/volunteers who took part in the clean-up. Major Changes to UK Immigration Rules for Non-eu WorkersThe UK immigration system is currently undergoing major changes which impact considerably on those employing nationals of non-EU countries. The new system is a points-based system (where points are awarded on the basis of, for example, ability/qualifications, experience, age, previous earnings, English language ability) and will mean that applications for the right to work in the UK will eventually be under one of five tiers.
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