Clyde & Co is set to launch an office in Hamburg, with the hire of a four-partner shipping team from Ince & Co.

The firm has recruited Ince’s head of English law in Hamburg Daniel Jones, insurance litigation partner Tim Schommer, Hamburg energy and admiralty head Eckehard Volz and shipping and insurance partner Volker Lucke to launch its second base in Germany after it opened in Duesseldorf in 2016.