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LL.M. (Cantab)
• George Theocharidis is a Professor of Maritime Law & Policy at World Maritime University.
• Member of the Piraeus Law Bar and a qualified advocate before Areios Pagos (Supreme Court) with extensive litigation practice.
• Full member of the Hellenic Maritime Law Association and Supporting Member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA).
• Consultant of the E-Roster of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Member of the Working Group of the Legal Committee of IMO pertaining to “Measures to Prevent Unlawful Practices Associated with Fraudulent Registration and Fraudulent Registries of Ships”.
• Special counsel to the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) and Ordinary Member of the Law Commission that recently revised the Code of Private Maritime Law (KIND) of Greece.
• Co-Chair of the International Working Group of the Comité Maritime International (CMI) on “Liability for the Wrongful Arrest of Ships” and Member of the International Working Group on Fraudulent Registries.• Ordinary Member of Law Commissions of the Government of Greece.
• Editor in the periodical Journal of International Maritime Law (JIML).
• Co-author of the Training Package on “Maritime Transport Policy”, instructed by IMO Technical Cooperation and Implementation Division (TCID).
• His principal research interest currently is in the field of ship registration, particularly fraudulent registration and related practices, but his interests extend broadly throughout maritime law and contract law (Carriage of Goods by Sea, Marine Insurance, Conflict of Laws, Methodology of Law, Ship Arrest and Maritime Policy). Apart from three monographs (Tort Liability of the Sea Carrier under Hague-Visby Rules, 2000 (doctoral thesis), Co-ownership on Vessel as legal form for the exercise of maritime commercial activity, 2008, and Greek Maritime Law, 5th ed., 2024), he has published extensively in top journals ("Some thoughts on the Functionality of the Beijing Convention", “All About Freedom of Contract? Bunker Supply Arrangements Post-Res Cogitans in Global Context”, “Mechanisms of Protection from Non-Contractual Modes of Recovery in Sea Carriage – A Comparison Between Common Law and Civil Law Systems”, “Relationship between forum shopping and flag in satisfaction of security rights on a ship”, “Jurisdiction for Provisional Relief under the Brussels Convention in Maritime Context” et al.)
• His published research work has received numerous citations from courts and legal theory (Heidelberg Report) and has been translated in the Chinese language https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/hHx0NL7AYeql-cPK0gX-wQ.
• Holder of an LL.M. degree from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a Ph.D. from Aristotle University (Greece).
• George Theocharidis is a Professor of Maritime Law & Policy at World Maritime University.
• Member of the Piraeus Law Bar and a qualified advocate before Areios Pagos (Supreme Court) with extensive litigation practice.
• Full member of the Hellenic Maritime Law Association and Supporting Member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA).
• Consultant of the E-Roster of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Member of the Working Group of the Legal Committee of IMO pertaining to “Measures to Prevent Unlawful Practices Associated with Fraudulent Registration and Fraudulent Registries of Ships”.
• Special counsel to the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) and Ordinary Member of the Law Commission that recently revised the Code of Private Maritime Law (KIND) of Greece.
• Co-Chair of the International Working Group of the Comité Maritime International (CMI) on “Liability for the Wrongful Arrest of Ships” and Member of the International Working Group on Fraudulent Registries.• Ordinary Member of Law Commissions of the Government of Greece.
• Editor in the periodical Journal of International Maritime Law (JIML).
• Co-author of the Training Package on “Maritime Transport Policy”, instructed by IMO Technical Cooperation and Implementation Division (TCID).
• His principal research interest currently is in the field of ship registration, particularly fraudulent registration and related practices, but his interests extend broadly throughout maritime law and contract law (Carriage of Goods by Sea, Marine Insurance, Conflict of Laws, Methodology of Law, Ship Arrest and Maritime Policy). Apart from three monographs (Tort Liability of the Sea Carrier under Hague-Visby Rules, 2000 (doctoral thesis), Co-ownership on Vessel as legal form for the exercise of maritime commercial activity, 2008, and Greek Maritime Law, 5th ed., 2024), he has published extensively in top journals ("Some thoughts on the Functionality of the Beijing Convention", “All About Freedom of Contract? Bunker Supply Arrangements Post-Res Cogitans in Global Context”, “Mechanisms of Protection from Non-Contractual Modes of Recovery in Sea Carriage – A Comparison Between Common Law and Civil Law Systems”, “Relationship between forum shopping and flag in satisfaction of security rights on a ship”, “Jurisdiction for Provisional Relief under the Brussels Convention in Maritime Context” et al.)
• His published research work has received numerous citations from courts and legal theory (Heidelberg Report) and has been translated in the Chinese language https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/hHx0NL7AYeql-cPK0gX-wQ.
• Holder of an LL.M. degree from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a Ph.D. from Aristotle University (Greece).
