The Legal 500 – Year 2012

  • Shipping Litigation 1st Tier

    Timagenis Law Firm covers the full range of matters including shipbuilding disputes, personal injury claims, maritime arrests and international arbitration. It represented a Greek shipping company in a London-based arbitration seeking recovery following the sale of a defective vessel. Gregory Timagenis has an excellent reputation and regularly acts as an arbitrator.

  • Shipping Finance 2nd Tier

    Timagenis Law Firm advises borrowers and lenders and was involved in 80 different financings in 2011. Clients include UniCredit Group, Emporiki Bank, and Proton Bank, as well as new client Credit Suisse, which it advised on a multimillion-dollar newbuild financing.

  • Banking, Finance and Capital Markets

    Timagenis Law Firm advised the controlling shareholder of Globus Maritime on transferring its shares from the LSE’s AIM market to the NASDAG Global Market, which was followed by a $22m public offering.

  • Corporate and M&A

    Timagenis Law Firm recently advised two major shareholders in Torm, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, on consolidating their interests in the company to 52% without triggering a mandatory takeover. The firm also advised the buyer in the recent takeover of Olympiacos Football Club.

  • Dispute Resolution

    Timagenis Law Firm is best known as a shipping law firm, but about half of its contentious instructions relate to general commercial disputes. The firm is currently acting for a syndicate of banks to enforce certain guarantees. Gregory Timagenis is well regarded for international arbitration and is an ICC arbitrator.

  • Employment

    Timagenis Law Firm regularly advises its shipping clients on the full range of employment issues, including collective redundancy agreements and related disputes.

  • Insurance

    Timagenis Law Firm frequently advises mutual insurance associations, insurance companies, underwriters and brokers on a variety of contentious and non-contentious issues. Recently it defended the insurers of a major Greek shipyard against a claim relating to the death of a diver during underwater construction work on floating dock.

    The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2012