Firm recruits & promotes two transactional energy partners
Ince & Co has announced the recruitment and promotion of two partners in its transactional energy practice in London.
Nuno Frota joins Ince & Co from Trafigura, one of the world's largest private oil and metals traders, where he was senior legal counsel for Africa. Nuno is triple-qualified in England and Wales, Angola and Portugal. He has been involved in high value oil and gas projects in Africa for clients in the upstream, midstream and downstream markets and has further mining and minerals expertise. He also advises on African foreign direct investment and international joint ventures related to natural resources.
Martin Sandgren has been promoted to the Ince & Co partnership. He joined the firm as of counsel in 2014 from Siemens Wind Power where he was co-head of legal for five years. He is triple qualified in England and Wales, the US and Sweden. Martin focuses on structuring, negotiating and managing legal risks on large and complex on- and off-shore renewable energy projects. He has experience of advising on transactions throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the United States and East Asia. He has particular experience advising on EPC/consortiums, offshore construction, supply and service agreements, charterparties and other vessel related contracts, project finance and project agreements. He also advises on joint ventures, M&A, disputes, insurance and risk management matters.
Jan Heuvels, Ince & Co’s International senior partner, comments: “The partner appointments of Nuno and Martin provide further evidence of the progress that we are making in building our transactional offering in our core sectors and geographies to complement our leading contentious capability. Since June 2015, we have announced a total of 19 new partners, 13 of whom specialise in advising clients on transactions.”
Jeremy Farr, Ince & Co’s global head of energy, adds: “I’d like to welcome Nuno to the team and congratulate Martin on his promotion. Their considerable expertise and in-house experience make them a natural choice for partnership. Their appointments add further strength to our transactional offering to clients, particularly in the African oil and gas and the international renewables sectors.”
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