Ince & Co Singapore launches Ince Law Alliance with newly-formed local law firm Incisive Law LLC

LONDON, ENGLAND, April 10, 2011 (Press-News.org) International law firm Ince & Co announced today that it has taken a significant new step by establishing the Ince Law Alliance with newly-formed Singapore law practice, Incisive Law LLC. Ince & Co Singapore is the first of the English firms specialising in maritime law to do this.

Through the Ince Law Alliance, Ince & Co Singapore now offers an experienced team of dual-qualified lawyers in a true 'one-stop' shop for both Singapore and English law advice. The Incisive Law team, who are sharing office premises with their offshore alliance partner Ince & Co, will provide Singapore law advice and represent clients in both the Singapore Courts and in domestic and international arbitrations.

Ince & Co Singapore Managing Partner, Richard Lovell, said today: "The Ince Law Alliance greatly enhances our ability to service our clients' businesses in the maritime, energy and offshore, trade and insurance markets in which we specialise. Through this new alliance with Incisive Law, we are meeting a long-standing need of our clients for English and Singapore law advice and representation under the same roof. Our clients will benefit from savings in both time and cost through the provision of an efficient 'one-stop shop' for legal services."

The Incisive Law team is led by Bill Ricquier and Mohan Subbaraman, both prominent local lawyers with a wide range of maritime, insurance and offshore oil and gas experience, along with Bernard Yee and Carolyn Chia. They are joined by Tricia Tong, a newly appointed Ince and Co partner in Singapore, who has transferred to Incisive Law as an executive director.

The Ince Law Alliance will also benefit the increasing number of global shipping and insurance clients looking to set up offices in Singapore. Incisive Law provides Singapore law advice on all aspects of licensing, setting up and operating new businesses in Singapore, together with guidance on any related immigration, employment, property, regulatory and local litigation issues that arise.

Richard Lovell added: "We are delighted to be the first English maritime firm in Singapore to take this important step. This development further demonstrates our support for and commitment to the fast growing international reputation of Singapore as a regional hub for maritime, insurance and arbitration matters and as a regional centre of legal excellence, for both domestic and international business."

Ince & Co senior partner James Wilson commented: "This is an exciting new venture for the firm. It forms an important part of our strategy to offer a capability to advise not only on English law, but also on local law in those jurisdictions where this is permitted through alliances or otherwise. Our international clients will benefit from the breadth and depth of advice we can now offer through the Singapore Ince Law Alliance. They will also benefit from the experience and expertise of our Alliance colleagues, whom we know extremely well, having worked with them over many years."

For further information, please contact:
Edward Ion, Helix Media Pte
Tel + 65 6222 6375, email: Edward.ion@helixmedia.asia
For Asia Pacific media enquiries

Richard Lovell, Managing Partner, Ince & Co Singapore
Tel: +65 6538 6660, email: richard.lovell@incelaw.com

Jane Biddell, Director of Marketing, Ince & Co, London
Tel: +44 (0)20 7481 0010, email: jane.biddell@incelaw.com

Note to Editors
Ince & Co is an international law firm with offices in Dubai, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Le Havre, London, Paris, Piraeus, Shanghai and Singapore. The firm's lawyers practise English, French, German, Greek, Hong Kong, PRC and Turkish law.
Through the new Ince Law Alliance with Singapore firm Incisive Law LLC we are able to provide our clients with advice on Singapore law and legal representation in the Singapore Courts and in domestic arbitrations.
Ince & Co Lawyers advise in seven core business areas: Aviation; Business & Finance; Commercial Disputes; Energy & Offshore; Insurance & Reinsurance; International Trade and Shipping. The teams regularly use knowledge of one sector to advise clients in another.
In addition to advising in these business areas, the Incisive Law team advises on all aspects of setting up and running a business in Singapore, including company formation or establishment of a branch office, immigration, employment and property matters, together with licensing and regulatory requirements.
Ince & Co Singapore has five partners: Richard Lovell, Simon Spark, Denys Hickey, Iain Anderson and John Simpson. The Incisive Law LLC team comprises Bill Ricquier, Mohan Subbaraman, Tricia Tong, Bernard Yee and Carolyn Chia. The office address is 16 Collyer Quay, #19-00, Singapore 049318.