Headquartered in Hamburg, the new consultancy offers non-legal services to the shipping, energy, insurance, aviation, trade and real estate industries. Its launch comes as Ince & Co adapts its model to provide services outside of the legal sphere and compete against multi-disciplinary firms such as accountancy firms.

The consultancy will be led by Hamburg office managing partner Jan Hungar, an industrial engineer with specialist legal knowledge of the shipping, insurance, energy and real estate sectors, and focuses on three areas: advising international clients on financial and tax advice and structuring of projects; introducing clients to third parties and deal origination; and helping clients to execute projects.

The official launch comes shortly after firm confirmed it is moving away from its traditional lockstep model and introducing a bonus pool above the top of its equity to reward its highest billers and attract external partner talent.