Gregory J Timagenis

Career

Gregory Timagenis is the founding and senior partner of Timagenis Law Firm. He holds two degrees from the University of Athens (in Law and in Economics and Political Sciences), an LLM and a PhD from the University of London (in Maritime Law and the Law of the Sea). His 50-years practice includes all aspects of maritime law and general corporate, banking law and litigation.

He has acted for many Greek and foreign banks, shipping companies, classification societies, mutual insurance associations (clubs), shipyards, newspaper and media companies and businesses in many sectors of the economy. He has handled over the years major shipping accidents and innovative major mergers and acquisitions, as well as the listing of shipping companies with US Stock Markets. He has also acted as arbitrator in arbitrations of the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). In the past few years he has acted successfully in multiple litigations concerning loans in Swiss francs, in individual and collective actions, before all courts, including the Plenary Session of the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights and in major pollution incidents, involving among others the IOPC Fund.