Paul Avrameas	Shipping Arbitration
Partner	Litigation
	Dispute Resolution
	Commercial Law: Banking Law Insurance Law Corporate Law

Mr. Paul Avrameas has been a pioneer of the shipping activity in the port of Piraeus and he is a leading figure between professionals with high specialization in shipping.

A graduate of the Law Faculty of the University of Athens with post graduate studies in the Paris University of Sorbonne in Maritime Law, he founded the office in its initial form, back in 1965.

He has been a member of the Greek representation at the UN Conference in Hamburg 1968 (Hamburg Rules), a former Vice-President of the Greek Maritime Law Association and a Titulary Member of the Comite Maritime International. He is a member of the Panel of Maritime Arbitrators of the Piraeus Chamber of Shipping since 1966 and President of the Hellenic Society of Maritime Lawyers since 1998. Paul Avrameas is a lecturer and speaker on shipping issues at international conferences and the author of various works and publications on shipping, such as:

·        Le Transport sous Connaissement en Droit Grec (Sea Carriage under B/L in Greek Law) Paris 1966 (in the collective work: Le Transport Maritime sous Connaissement a l’ heure du Marche Commun) p.p. 240-340.

·        Le Lettre de Garantie, in Droit Maritime Français, July 1962 p.p. 437-500.

·        Contribution to W. Tetley’s: International Conflict of Laws – Common, Civil and Maritime, Montreal 1994,: “Greece-Conflict of Maritime Laws” p.p. 918-920.

·        Memorandum of Agreement NSF 1993 (in Greek), in Revue of Maritime Law, 1994, p.p. 1-16.

·        The prohibition of sailing under the Arrest Convention in Greece (in Greek), in Commercial Law Review, 1999, p.p. 17-28.

·        Incorporation of Charter Party terms in Bills of Lading (in Greek), in Maritime Justice, 2003, p.p. 363-385.