Fichte & Co was founded by Jasamin Fichte, one of the most experienced marine experts in the region. Prior to setting up the company, she worked at the revered Lloyd’s of London insurance brokerage as legal counsel for the Middle East. Here she established an excellent network within the maritime community and developed her legal skills further by handling marine insurance claims from salvage, collisions, and wreck removal, to cargo claims and personal injury.
Jasamin has worked with the UAE Federal and the Dubai Government for the past ten years on improving maritime infrastructure, which led to her being appointed by H.E. Sultan Bin Suleyam to chair the Dubai Maritime Advisory Council. She is also founder and president of the UAE Branch of WISTA (Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association), a member of the DIFC Courts Rules Sub Committee, The International Bar Association, German Maritime Arbitration Association, and Chairman of the Legal Council of the German Emirates Club.
Jasamin is a dual qualified English and German Solicitor and has been specializing in maritime law since the start of her career. She studied law in Hamburg and maritime law in Southampton and gained valuable experience in international law firms in Hamburg and London in the respective maritime departments.
After three years of working in the city of London in 2002 she moved to Dubai and joined a leading Lloyd’s of London insurance broker as legal counsel for the Middle East. She established an excellent network within the maritime community and developed her legal skills further by handling marine insurance claims, from salvage, collisions, wreck removal to cargo claims and personal injury. This gained her the reputation as one of the most experienced marine experts in the region.
In 2005 she opened Fichte & Co, the leading maritime lawfirm in the Middle East, with the support of the shipping community. Her company has since grown to one of the largest maritime lawfirms and represents not just shipowners, P&I Clubs, Banks, Trading Houses but also literally every sector of the maritime industry.
Jasamin has spoken on hundreds of conferences and attended expert panels on topics such as Ships Finance and Marine Insurance. She has also held endless presentations with the usual quest to support and promote the UAE as a maritime hub. She is publishing frequently articles on diverse subjects of marine, shipping and transportation law.
Jasamin is working with the UAE Federal Transport Authority and the Dubai government for the past 10 years on improving the maritime infrastructure. These efforts have culminated in her being appointed by H.E. Sultan Bin Suleyam to chair the Dubai Maritime Advisory Council, an authority with the mandate to advise the government on ways to improve the maritime infrastructure of Dubai.
Furthermore, Jasamin is the founder of the UAE Branch of WISTA (Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association) and chairs the same as its first president. Also, she is a member of the DIFC Courts Rules Sub Committee, The International Bar Association, German Maritime Arbitration Association and UAE Shipping Association.