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Name
Rosita Lau
Title
Partner, Ince
Bio
Rosita is a partner of the 150 years old international law firm Ince & Co. She has over 20 years of experience in transportation law (covering the sea, the land and the air), specialising in all aspects of dry shipping, aviation, logistics, insurance, international trade and personal injury law. She has won many awards and has been repeatedly voted by clients and commentaries as a leading lawyer.
She studied law in England and holds a Master of Law Degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science of the University of London with a Mark of Merits. She is admitted to practise in four jurisdictions, namely, England and Wales, Australia ACT, Singapore and Hong Kong.
She acts for international shipowners, charterers, ship managers, P&I clubs, ports and terminal operators, freight forwarders, cargo interest and logistic operators. She is a LMAA Support Member, advises and acts for clients in litigation in all levels of court and in international and domestic arbitration and mediation. Reported shipping cases include Fan Yun 203 (a Hong Kong High Court (Admiralty Court) case) which remains the authority on identification of Mainland China beneficial but not registered shipowners.
Awards and Accolades
Rosita is a commercial litigation specialist in shipping, insurance and aviation. She has been for consecutive years recognised as a Leading (Band 1) lawyer for shipping litigation and insurance by Chambers Asia Pacific, and has been ranked by Legal 500 Asia Pacific for 20 consecutive years, since 2001 till now, as a Leading Individual in Shipping, which is a record. Notably, she was recently inducted into the Legal 500 Asia Pacific Hall of Fame.
Particularly well-known for her shipping related expertise, Rosita was ranked by legal directories and awarded various distinguished awards in the shipping arena:
“Integration of Women in the Maritime Sector” Award presented by Seatrade Maritime Awards in June 2019. She is the first outstanding female who received this award,
Ranked by Lloyd’s List twice as one of “The World’s Top Ten Shipping Lawyers” and one of the “Top 100 Most Influential Maritime Personnel in the World” twice, in 2010 and 2016. To date, she was the first and the only Chinese lawyer who obtained these awards twice,
In 2016, she won the Lloyd’s List Asia “Individual Maritime Lawyer of the Year” Award. She is also the first and hitherto the only Hong Kong and Chinese lawyer to win this award,
Won the “Best in Shipping” Award by Euromoney at their Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2014. She is also the first Hong Kong lawyer to win this Award,
Recognised by Asia Law & Practice since 2004 for 16 consecutive years as a Leading Lawyer in Aviation and Maritime,
Ranked by Who’s Who Legal – Transport for consecutive years since 2014 to present as a Leading Maritime Lawyer,
Ranked by Asia Pacific Benchmark Litigation for consecutive years as a “Disputes Star” for Commercial Disputes and Insurance Disputes.
She has been appointed to various public duties position, including, among others, the Maritime Development Council, the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board. She is the honourable legal adviser of numerous maritime logistics associations.
She had chaired, moderated and spoken in international and regional conferences, forums, seminars, by invitation, in, among others, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.
She studied law in England and holds a Master of Law Degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science of the University of London with a Mark of Merits. She is admitted to practise in four jurisdictions, namely, England and Wales, Australia ACT, Singapore and Hong Kong.
She acts for international shipowners, charterers, ship managers, P&I clubs, ports and terminal operators, freight forwarders, cargo interest and logistic operators. She is a LMAA Support Member, advises and acts for clients in litigation in all levels of court and in international and domestic arbitration and mediation. Reported shipping cases include Fan Yun 203 (a Hong Kong High Court (Admiralty Court) case) which remains the authority on identification of Mainland China beneficial but not registered shipowners.
Awards and Accolades
Rosita is a commercial litigation specialist in shipping, insurance and aviation. She has been for consecutive years recognised as a Leading (Band 1) lawyer for shipping litigation and insurance by Chambers Asia Pacific, and has been ranked by Legal 500 Asia Pacific for 20 consecutive years, since 2001 till now, as a Leading Individual in Shipping, which is a record. Notably, she was recently inducted into the Legal 500 Asia Pacific Hall of Fame.
Particularly well-known for her shipping related expertise, Rosita was ranked by legal directories and awarded various distinguished awards in the shipping arena:
“Integration of Women in the Maritime Sector” Award presented by Seatrade Maritime Awards in June 2019. She is the first outstanding female who received this award,
Ranked by Lloyd’s List twice as one of “The World’s Top Ten Shipping Lawyers” and one of the “Top 100 Most Influential Maritime Personnel in the World” twice, in 2010 and 2016. To date, she was the first and the only Chinese lawyer who obtained these awards twice,
In 2016, she won the Lloyd’s List Asia “Individual Maritime Lawyer of the Year” Award. She is also the first and hitherto the only Hong Kong and Chinese lawyer to win this award,
Won the “Best in Shipping” Award by Euromoney at their Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2014. She is also the first Hong Kong lawyer to win this Award,
Recognised by Asia Law & Practice since 2004 for 16 consecutive years as a Leading Lawyer in Aviation and Maritime,
Ranked by Who’s Who Legal – Transport for consecutive years since 2014 to present as a Leading Maritime Lawyer,
Ranked by Asia Pacific Benchmark Litigation for consecutive years as a “Disputes Star” for Commercial Disputes and Insurance Disputes.
She has been appointed to various public duties position, including, among others, the Maritime Development Council, the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board. She is the honourable legal adviser of numerous maritime logistics associations.
She had chaired, moderated and spoken in international and regional conferences, forums, seminars, by invitation, in, among others, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.
