Ince & Co has made up three new parteners, one in Hamburg and two in London. These will take effect on 1 May 2008.
Markus Eichhorst joined the Hamburg office as a trainee and qualified in 2001 after studying law at the Universities of Kiel (Germany) and Essex (England). Markus covers all of the firm's contentious practice and is especially experienced in negotiating and litigating commercial disputes in shipping, trade, reinsurance and insurance. He is a member of the arbitration associations GMAA and DIS and of the Association of Insurance Science of the University of Hamburg.
Jonathan Goldfarb trained with the firm and covers both non-contentious and contentious work. His non-contentious work inculdes drafting and negotiating financing documents and commercial contracts in the shipping, shipbuilding and offshore oil and gas industries. He also acts in sale and purchase, resale and leasing transactions. On the contentious side, Jonathan has extensive experience in litigation, arbitration and mediation arising from the shipping industry and general commercial disputes. Jonathan is a member of our LNG group.
Carol Searle has experience in a wide variety of contentious insurance matters with an emphasis on political risk, professional negligence and reinsurance. She has also handled international trade disputes and has a broad background in shipping disputes (cargo claims, charterparties, ship sales, collisions, pollution). Carol is dual qualified, having trained and practised in South Africa before moving to London. She joined Ince & Co after obtaining a Masters in International Business Law from London University.