Practice Area

Shipping Law

Shipping law is a fundamental core sector of our business activities. We have been recognized by high standing international publications as one of the leading top rated outfit shipping law firms in Greece.

Situated in the heart of shipping industry Piraeus, our highly experienced internationally focused shipping law team with its in-depth knowledge plays a significant role in the local and cross border all-kind shipping transactions.

We provide long standing and comprehensive legal corporate and litigation assistance to Greek and foreign shipowning corporations, local and foreign managers, hull and cargo underwriters,

insurance companies, P&I Clubs, freight forwarders, brokers, classification societies, salvors, shipping funds, surveyors, international agencies, shipyards in all shipping related matters.

We also regularly advise the Greek Ministry of Mercantile Marine in selected regulatory shipping matters. Our marine and shipping practice is also focused on local and foreign private and commercial yachts and super yachts building contracts, sale and purchase transactions, financing and advising on commercial operations in the demanding international shipping market.

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Our Legal Scope & Expertise

Advising on local and European shipping regulatory and legislative framework

Registration of vessels and yachts in all jurisdictions

Reflagging of vessels and yachts

Restructuring of shipping corporations

Shipping trusts and international fiduciary matters and portfolio transactions

Advising, negotiating and drafting of shipbuilding, sale and purchase and financing contracts with banks, private equity funds, lending institutions and international investors for vessels and yachts

Advising, negotiating and drafting of shiprepairs and conversion contract

Advising freight forwarding corporations for their potential liabilities during the carriage by sea

Advising on shareholders’ disputes and litigation between shipowners and managers of vessels and yachts

Representing clients in consultation and litigation of charterparties, bills of lading and all types of cargo disputes, general average contributions, labor, salvage, collision casualties and marine insurance (P&I, total and CTL, H&M) claims

Representing clients before local and international Arbitration proceedings in co-operation with local experts in many jurisdictions all over the shipping world with particular emphasis to ICC and LMAA terms

Advising and negotiating the terms and conditions of the concession agreements for the local ports and marinas privatization projects

Advising on the development of national ports and terminals, shipping lines operation, infrastructure works

Co-operating with international shipping solicitors and providing immediate and realistic commercial solutions

We have concluded in Greece the setup of more than fifty ship management companies under the existing legislation during our thirty years experience

We have established more than two hundred offshore companies for operators and Greek owners’ vessels acquisitions

We have been involved in the closing of more than two hundred sales, re-sales and purchase of vessels and yachts contracts

Regularly advising more than twelve ship management companies operating in Greece and representing more than one hundred ship owning companies

Regularly advising five leading local insurance companies on subrogated forwarding and cargo marine transportation disputes

Regularly advising the Greek Private Yacht Owners Association on the private yachts related legal regime in Greece

Regularly advising the Union of Shiprepair Companies on the regulatory framework in Greece

Representative Experience & Mandates

Track Record

We have concluded in Greece the setup of more than fifty ship management companies under the existing legislation during our thirty years experience

We have established more than two hundred offshore companies for operators and Greek owners’ vessels acquisitions

We have been involved in the closing of more than two hundred sales, re-sales and purchase of vessels and yachts contracts

Regularly advising more than twelve ship management companies operating in Greece and representing more than one hundred ship owning companies

Regularly advising five leading local insurance companies on subrogated forwarding and cargo marine transportation disputes

Regularly advising the Greek Private Yacht Owners Association on the private yachts related legal regime in Greece

Regularly advising the Union of Shiprepair Companies on the regulatory framework in Greece

We have participated in more than two thousand shipping litigation (many high-profile) cases before all levels of local and international Courts and Tribunals in almost all shipping related matters, representing owners, managers, underwriters, P&I Clubs, brokers, freight forwarders, salvors, surveyors, agencies and shipyards during our thirty years experience

Investigating a great number of landmarked marine casualties within the Greek territorial waters in close co-operation with the appointed surveyors, hull underwriters and international solicitors

Advising the prospective concessionaire for its participation in the Thessaloniki port privatization scheme

Drafting and concluding the S&P contracts for more than fifteen super yachts on behalf of Greek and foreign owners

Advising two high net worth Greek individuals in negotiating their super yacht building contracts of approx € 40 mil with Italian builders