Ince & Co's Hamburg office has been boosted with the promotion of Sami Chowdhury to the partnership.
Sami Chowdhury, a German Rechtsanwalt, advises on all aspects of German law in connection with national and cross-border financings, acting for domestic and international lenders and owners in the shipping and energy & offshore markets. His work includes new financings and security and on-going financings and finance leases. In current market conditions he also advises on complex workouts and restructurings, and foreclosures and enforcements in and outside of insolvency.
"We welcome Sami to the partnership and congratulate him on his new role. We are pleased to recognise his ability as a highly-qualified lawyer and German Rechtsanwalt as well as his contribution to the continuing growth of the Firm's core business areas," said Ince & Co's Hamburg managing partner, Jan Heuvels.
Ince & Co also announced the promotion to the partnership of Rania Tadros in Dubai and Evangelos Catsambas in Piraeus. Their biographical information follows:
Dubai
Rania Tadros – Rania has extensive experience in commercial arbitration and litigation within the shipping and energy & offshore markets. She has had experience handling a range of matters for clients in the offshore support and oilfield services sector. Rania has also advised on a number of shipping disputes concerning the Middle East and has a particular focus on construction disputes and claims relating to refund guarantees. Rania is a fluent Arabic speaker and will be relocating from London to Dubai this summer.
Piraeus
Evangelos Catsambas – Evangelos, bi-lingual in English and Greek, is a shipping specialist whose practice embraces both contentious and non-contentious matters. He specialises in charterparty and contract of carriage work, as well as advising on newbuilding and marine insurance issues. His clients include shipowners, charterers, cargo shippers and traders, P&I Clubs and hull underwriters.