Ince promotes maritime solicitor to partner in Dubai

Ince has announced that Natalie Jensen has been promoted to partner. Jensen joined Ince in 2016 as a senior solicitor and her promotion to partner in the Dubai office, which will come into effect on October 1, 2021, will bolster the firm’s shipping and marine insurance practice locally and internationally. This appointment reflects the firm’s continued success and growth across the Middle East and its wider international network, as well as its support of the development of its industry-leading talent.

Jensen has over 10 years of experience in the maritime and international trade industries, as well as the energy and marine insurance sectors, handling both contentious and non-contentious matters. She has first-hand experience of working at a leading International Group P&I Club where she advised on a wide variety of FD&D matters and gained invaluable experience into owners, charterers and P&I Club’s requirements for their legal advisors. She has extensive expertise representing clients in both the English High Court, UAE Courts and DIFC, as well as London and Dubai based maritime arbitration centres. Natalie’s client base spans shipowners, charterers, bunker suppliers, cargo interests, P&I Clubs and insurers, whom she advises in connection with matters arising out of charterparties, bills of lading, contracts of affreightment, other contracts of carriage and bunker supply contracts. Her expertise extends to disputes arising out of allisions. In addition, Jensen advises clients on a wide range of marine insurance matters.

Rania Tadros, managing partner at Ince in Dubai, commented, “Natalie’s well-deserved promotion to Partner is testament to her skills and exceptional development over the last five years. Natalie has been a key trusted advisor to her clients and a crucial member of the Dubai team. I look forward to continuing to work closely with Natalie in this new, exciting chapter of her career with Ince.”