UK law group Ince & Co is talking up its prospects as it announced another new outpost, this time with the opening of a shipping and transport office in Marseille, France.

Ince is the first of the big London firms to open in the port, where local shipping lawyers Fabien d’Haussy and Laurianne Ribeswill head up the new office.

Ince described the city as the “hub” of shipping and trading activity in North and West Africa.

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