Wikborg Rein

Ina is the Managing Director of Wikborg Rein's Singapore office and leads the transactional practice. She has particular expertise in LNG projects and other shipping and offshore energy transactions. Her experience includes advising on decommissioning and recycling of offshore assets and vessels in accordance with the Basel Convention regime, long-term charters for FSRU and FLNG projects, sale and purchase agreements, sale and leaseback arrangements, joint ventures and corporate structures, shareholder agreements and related documents, business acquisition due diligence, JV partner due diligence, time charters and related service agreements, shipbuilding contracts, EPC contracts, drilling contracts and towage contracts. Ina is English qualified and speaks fluent English, Bulgarian and Greek.

Jennifer Li

Jennifer is a dispute resolution lawyer. Her practice focuses on both wet and dry shipping litigation, as well as international trade and energy disputes. Prior to joining Wikborg Rein, Jennifer trained at Ince & Co London and gained valuable experience before relocating to Singapore in 2020. She has also spent time on a client secondment with a Lloyd's syndicate and developed significant sector expertise in marine hull and machinery claims. Jennifer has extensive experience in LMAA, SIAC, SCMA and FOSFA arbitrations and regularly acts for a range of clients across the APAC region including shipowners, charterers, and P&I Clubs. She also has admiralty experience, having worked on several high-profile groundings, fire at sea and collision claims. Aside from dispute resolution work, Jennifer also has experience in non-contentious commercial work such as reviewing and providing advice on sale and purchase agreements, charterparties and other standard term agreements. Jennifer has developed an international outlook from a young age, having grown up in Beijing and Singapore. She studied law at the University of Exeter before graduating with a Masters in Corporate Law from University College London. Jennifer is fluent in English and Mandarin.

Lesley Tan

Lesley specialises in project and asset finance, primarily for shipping and offshore clients. She is regularly instructed as lead counsel by both borrowers and lenders and has particular expertise in managing cross-jurisdictional transactions. These include a USD 690 million credit agreement with a Chinese bank for the financing of 10 container ships and a USD 200 million refinancing over 13 bulk carriers. Lesley assists clients with closings, deliveries, sale and leasebacks, advice on construction contracts and financing, corporate due diligence, sale and purchase of vessels and ship registration. Lesley began her career with Wikborg Rein in the Singapore office in 2007 before moving to the London office in 2010, where she stayed until 2021. Lesley is qualified to practice both English and Singapore law. She speaks English and Mandarin.

Robert Joiner

Robert is an English qualified solicitor. He deals with dry shipping disputes, mainly concerning charterparties, COA's, bills of lading, project cargo/heavy lifts, MOA's, and commission agreements. He also advises on shipbuilding and rig contracts/guarantees, salvage, wreck removal, unsafe berths, groundings, fires, collisions, and offshore supply disputes. Robert has worked on a range of insurance matters, including marine and cargo where he advises on coverage and recovery. Additionally, he has expertise in commodities, including minerals, frozen produce, LPG and veg oils. He also has extensive experience in arbitration and litigation, and has run a large number of international arbitrations in London, Singapore and Hong Kong while based in Singapore. These range from small claims procedures to multi-million dollar disputes. Robert also has experience with drafting contracts, guarantees and insurance policies, as well as with insurance regulation, compliance and start-up issues for company, mutual and captive insurers, including marine, P&I, and property catastrophe. He is recommended by Chambers & Partners for his "considered and comprehensive" style of practice, and Legal 500 for his "prompt, detailed advice".

Solveig Frostad De Sousa

Solveig has a broad international transaction practice focused on shipping and offshore. She regularly assists international clients with project due diligence and negotiating and drafting project contracts including: agreements for ship sale and purchase, sale and leaseback, chartering and management of ships and offshore units. She also advises borrowers, agents, arrangers and syndicates of lenders regarding ship finance transactions. Solveig is dual qualified as a Norwegian Lawyer and a Solicitor of England & Wales and speaks Norwegian, English and French fluently.

Wole Olufunwa

Wole is an England & Wales qualified international arbitration lawyer. He predominantly specialises in the Maritime and Offshore, International Trade and Energy sectors. Wole has solid experience of handling institutionally administered arbitrations under the SIAC, ICC, LCIA, SCMA and ad hoc arbitrations including those conducted under the auspices of the LMAA Terms. He has acted as arbitrator in several disputes administered by institutional arbitral bodies and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Wole has been based and practising in Singapore since 2010 and acts for a range of clients including Ship-Owners, Charterers, Commodity Traders, Shipyards, EPC Contractors, Miners and Insurers. His clients are located across a broad geography including Singapore, Indonesia, HK, Japan, India, China, Malaysia, Nigeria, Kenya and Europe. As for career highlights, Wole has enjoyed secondment spells with Shell, London (2006), Shipowners' P&I, Singapore (2011) and Rio Tinto, Singapore (2018) and had conduct of contract and pricing review arbitrations worth over USD350m as well as other general commercial disputes in the crypto-currency space. Wole also had conduct of the well-known and reported House of Lords (as it then was) shipping case, The Achilleas [2008] UKHL 48 and is specifically highlighted for his shipping expertise in Chambers Asia-Pacific as a "Notable practitioner and key contact for clients". Wole is also the founder and President of the SALI Club (Singapore Africa Law & Investment Club): www.saliclub.com.sg

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