Ince & Co has announced its 2012 partner promotions, with the shipping specialist adding five lawyers to its partnership.

The round sees the firm focusing on its international network, with no promotions in London, two in Hamburg and one apiece in Paris, Shanghai and Singapore.

Four of the promotions, which take effect from 1 May, are in the firm's shipping litigation team, with Volker Luecke and Eckehard Volz being promoted in Germany, Vy-Loan Huynh-Olivieri (pictured) in Paris and Gerald Yee in Shanghai.