Wikborg Rein

Maritime and Offshore, International Trade and Energy Disputes, Emergency Response, Shipping

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.

2023 – Present: Associate, Wikborg Rein, Singapore 2023: Senior Claims Adjuster (client secondment), Canopius 2021 – 2023: Associate, Clyde & Co 2020 – 2021: Associate, Ince & Co Singapore 2018 – 2020: Trainee, Ince & Co London

Fluent in English and Mandarin

2020: Admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales, Admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales 2018: Legal Practice Course (LPC), BPP Law School, London 2016 – 2017: LLM, University College London 2013 – 2016: LLB (Hons), University of Exeter