While it remains better known for its shipping finance offering, Norton Rose Fulbright has some capacity on the litigation front, picking up work from shipowners/operators and banks across a range of disputes, including those involving shipbuilding contracts, ship sales and enforcement actions. Much of this work is handled in conjunction with the firm's London office, with UK-qualified special counsel Ieronymos Bikakis often taking the lead from Athens. Yianni Cheilas heads up the overarching shipping group, and although he is primarily a transactional lawyer he does handle work for banks and funds, for example, on enforcement matters and vessel arrests.
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Key clients
- Alpha Bank A.E.
- ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
- Piraeus Bank A.E.
- ING Bank N.V.
- HSBC Bank plc
- DVB Bank SE
- Nordea Bank Finland plc
- National Bank of Greece S.A.
- Eurobank Ergasias S.A.
- Credit Suisse AG
Work highlights
- Advised Safe Bulkers Inc. and Gloverfour Shipping Corporation, the owners of m.v. KYPROS BRAVERY, in relation to the arrest of four of the vessel’s crew members in Adelaide, Australia for attempting to smuggle large quantities of narcotics into the country.
Lawyers
Practice head
Yianni Cheilas
Other key lawyers
Ieronymos Bikakis; John Agapitos