Dr Konstantinos Kofopoulos is an Associate in HFW’s Piraeus office and acts principally for owners, charterers and P&I Clubs on both contentious and non-contentious dry shipping matters. His work spans a variety of disputes such as charterparty, bill of lading,…
Cpt Ioannis Kehagias has over 40 years involvement in the shipping industry, having first gone to sea in 1974. He graduated the Marine Academy of Oinoussae in 1976 and after six years of sea service and a course in Shipping…
Elina is in shipping since 2007 with Holland Hellenic Shipping Agencies (HHSA), a leading shipping agency in Piraeus, where she is business development manager and chartering broker. Before entering shipping, she was in the corporate tourism sector for about ten…
Capt. Andreas Georgiou, upon graduating Leonteio Lykeio Patission, attended the Hellenic Merchant Marine Academy earning his officer’s commission and his Bachelor in Nautical Science. He served on board Bulk Carriers, RoRos and Cruisers as well as in various Navy units…
Andrew Francis is a professional in ports operations and development with an experience of over 35 years. Experienced in operations delivery, business leadership and transformation, and most recently, in the Corporate Human Resources function of a global leader in port…
Neil Davidson has over 30 years’ experience in the port sector, retiring in 2020 and retaining an interest in, and passion for the sector. A graduate in International Transport from the Department of Maritime Studies, Cardiff University, his initial industry…
Constantinos Bitounis was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1999 and is a member of the honorable society of Lincoln’s Inn. In 2000, having completed an LL.M. at UCL with Merit, he began practicing Shipping and Commercial…
With a career spanning over two decades in the maritime industry, Georgia Botsiou has established herself as a distinguished expert in maritime law, insurance management, and claims handling. Throughout her tenure in shipping companies in the period 1998 to 2011,…
Konstantinos Andrianopoulos started his shipping career in 2007, in the Finance Department of Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries S.A. and in 2010 moved on as a financial analyst in global markets at Agelco S.A. In 2013, he became the Commercial…
Simon started his career at a ship-owning company in Liverpool. He became a Ship Sale & Purchase broker, also in Liverpool, in 1993 before moving to London in 1997. In 2008 he moved to Greece to open and run HSBC…