Ince Gordon Dadds is an international commercial law firm. The marine department was one of the firm’s largest in terms of numbers. While shipping and trade represented two of its mainstay practices, the firm cast a wide net and also serves clients in energy and offshore, insurance, business and finance, commercial disputes and aviation. Ince Gordon Dadds provides advice to a wide range of businesses, ranging from international corporations to smaller companies, sole traders and individuals.
Maritime is very deeply ingrained within Ince Gordon Dadds, as even before founding the firm in 1870, Francis Ince was working as a shipping lawyer. The firm expanded from its Victorian roots by employing either family members or those who could provide significant capital. But in 1940 the firm broke with tradition and began hiring new young partners to help expand the business. In keeping with the progressive ethos of the ‘60s, the firm opened its doors to foreign lawyers for the first time.
Structure
Ince Gordon Dadds’ structure is a little different from its peers’ with the firm divided by sectors rather than splitting the lawyers into practice areas. In practice, this means any lawyer can be called upon to serve in any area. Ince Gordon Dadds’ shipping practice handles every aspect of maritime law, including collisions, salvage, charter party, carriage of goods, ship finance, work-out, pollution and most prominently in recent years piracy acting on some of the high-profile piracy cases in Somalia, the Niger Delta and the Malacca Straits. The firm’s second cornerstone practice is insurance and reinsurance, which has built a strong reputation. The client base encompasses all manner of insurance buyers, as well as many of the most discriminating insurance and reinsurance companies and Lloyd’s syndicates. Ince Gordon Dadds’ further five practice areas: aviation, business and finance, commercial disputes, energy and offshore, and international trade. In the aviation legal sector, Ince Gordon Dadds client base includes airlines, operators, regulators, manufacturers, airports and their trade bodies, insurers, reinsurers and insurance trade associations. The dispute resolution practice is one of the largest in London. It handles a wide range of domestic and international disputes. In energy, Ince Gordon Dadds’ lawyers have been providing contract drafting and negotiating, asset and project finance, insurance, and dispute resolution for many years. The firm has expertise in various areas, including construction and operation of pipelines, offshore structures. Ince Gordon Dadds is part of The Ince Group plc.
Clients
Clients include Ace Aviation, Gard Services, Nordisk, Transocean and Vitol.
