Tom Briggs joins Ince & Co

Ince & Co announced the appointment of Tom Briggs as partner in its Dubai office. Briggs advises on corporate, finance and commercial law matters, including M&A, primary and secondary fundraisings, private equity, venture capital, joint ventures and project finance. He is recognised as a leading corporate/M&A lawyer by Chambers, IFLR1000 and Legal 500.

Prior to joining Ince & Co on March 13, Briggs spent 15 years at Charles Russell Speechlys. For the last three years he was a partner and head of Commercial/Corporate in the firm’s Bahrain office where he was primarily responsible for the development of the corporate, finance and commercial law practice in the Middle East. In 2008, he spent six months as acting general Counsel to Gulf Air in Bahrain where he advised on general corporate and commercial law matters and led a number of aircraft acquisitions, financings and leases.

Briggs’ arrival also means that Ince & Co has three former airline general counsels working at the firm. In addition to Tom, Anna Anatolitou was general counsel to Air Arabia Group and Chris Walsh was group general counsel to the Emirates Group.