Members of Stephenson Harwood recently hosted a shipping, finance and wealth preservation seminar, and a panel discussion in Piraeus, Greece.
Partners Chris Vartzis, Emily Osborne, Jon Cripps, Kirsty MacHardy, Menelaus Kouzoupis and Rania Tadros from the firm's Piraeus, London and Dubai offices led presentations and a panel discussion.
Nigel Bowen - Morris, managing partner of Stephenson Harwood, Piraeus office, provided the welcome address, which was followed by a series of presentations and a panel discussion which explored a range of topics. These included:
“JOLCOs as alternative source of financing in shipping";
“New buildings, trading and beyond – common issues in a rising and falling market and sanctions concerns";
“Lessons from TV – what 'Succession', 'Billions' and 'Downton Abbey' can teach one about preserving one's family wealth"; and “Enforcement of arbitration awards in the Middle East".
Panelists included: Iraklis Tsirigotis, director of origination at Neptune Maritime Leasing; Michael Burgess, associate director at Ascension Finance; Michael de Visser, global head of shipping & intermodal at NIBC Bank N.V; Nikolaos Papanestis, senior representative officer at DNB Bank ASA; Ruby Chen, vice president at Chailease Finance Co. Ltd. and Vangelis Nomikos, CFA, director lending at ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
"We were pleased to welcome more than 120 representatives from across the shipping industry to this seminar in Piraeus" said Chris Vartzis, partner, Stephenson Harwood. "With experts present from a range of industries - shipbuilding, shipping finance, banking, investment, private equity, dispute resolution, tax and wealth management – including those involved in the Greek shipping market, we were able to attain our objective of initiating insightful and comprehensive discussions on key pertinent topics. We are proud of the seminar's success, the insights it has provided, and hope to host future sessions that will attract leading representatives and explore key issues and developments."
Stephenson Harwood is recognised as having one of the world’s leading shipping practices. With offices in key trading hubs, the firm offers comprehensive, specialist shipping advice across ship finance, marine insurance, maritime litigation and arbitration, corporate and tax services.
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