Giovanna Skorda

MANOLIS EGLEZOS AND ASSOCIATES is a law firm of Piraeus, specializing in Maritime, Banking and Commercial law with following main course of business: SHIPPING: Ship Sale and Purchase/ Finance/ Registration - Charterparties and Bills of Lading - Maritime claims - Salvage - Collisions - Arrest - Labour - Arbitration - Marine Insurance - P&I.

AVIATION: S&P/ Registration/ Finance wet & dry lease agreements, involving both airplanes and helicopters.

BANKING: Shipping and Commercial finance - Legalisation - Securities - Mortgages - Letters of Guarantee - Documentary Credit - Leasing - Claims Collection.

COMMERCIAL: Incorporation of both local and off-shore corporations - Tax planning - Copyrights - Transactions, both local and international - Corporate Veil - Franchising - Mergers - bankruptcy procedure, art. 99.

Main Languages: Greek, English, Spanish.

The Firm represents Banks, maritime and commercial local and international Corporations, and are also legal counsels of Piraeus Chamber of small and medium sized corporations. The world’s biggest tourist organization and major Maritime Groups are within our clients.

Manolis Eglezos and Associates Law Firm hold the legal column in NEWSFRONT maritime review. The managing partner is also a lecture of Maritime Law Courses.

Our philosophy combines a traditional attitude of a well-made service using the high-tech potentials offered in a globalised world in order to offer a proficient, immediate and cost-effective service meeting the needs of each specific client. We fully understand the necessity of the entrepreneur for reliable legal advice within narrow time limits and are dedicated to offer such assistance.

We are not merely confined to the analysis of the legal parameters of a case, but aim to achieve the commercial goals of the client taking into account the existing difficulties and offer the solution meeting their needs. To achieve this, we have to combine a thorough knowledge of the regulations involved along with a high degree of flexibility and imagination, thus serving in the best way the specific issues.

A network of affiliated offices in Greece and abroad, allows us to cater for the global needs of the corporations entrusting to us their legal representation.

Greek, English and Spanish are the languages used in the Firm, allowing us to offer services to more than half of the globe in their native tongue.

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WORK EXPERIENCE:

March 2008-: Associate Lawyer and as of January 2014 Partner at Manolis Eglezos & Associates Law Firm.

✓ Specializing in Commercial and Trade law, Real Estate, incorporation of Greek and off-shore companies. Legal Counsel to corporations of every type.
✓ Specializing in Maritime Law. Drafting of contracts, ship's sale, purchase and finance.
✓ Specializing in Banking Law. Legal Counsel to Banks on legalisation, financing, securities and collection. Research on Mortgage Registries, issuance of Payment Orders, execution procedures e.t.c.
✓ Wide judicial experience in cases of civil and trade law.
✓ Wide judicial experience in cases of penal law.
✓ Immigration law: Issuance- Renewal of Residence Permits e.t.c.

March 2008: Attorney at Law in the Athens Bar Αssociation.

Apr. 2006- Febr. 2008: Trainee Lawyer in Manolis Eglezos & Associates Law Office.

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS:

2012- July 2014: CITY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, CITY LAW SCHOOL
LL.M in Maritime Law
with commendation
(International Trade Law, Carriage of Goods by Sea, Marine Insurance, Admiralty Law).
Dissertation: "A legal analysis of the action in rem and more specifically the right of arrest under the law of England and Wales".

2011: BRUNEL UNIVERSITY, BRUNEL LAW SCHOOL, Summer Academy.
International Trade Law
(International Trade & Transportation, Contract Law, E-Commerce, Carriage of Goods by Sea, Marine Insurance, Leasing).

2002 - 2006: UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, ATHENS LAW SCHOOL
Graduation Degree: 7,04/10.

1997 - 2001: UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Graduation Degree: 7,5/10.

1990 - 1996: Secondary School and Lycee of Estia Neas Smyrnis.
Graduation Degree: 19,8/20.

SEMINARS/ CONFERENCES:

➢ 2019: Measures against tax evation, Nomiki Vivliothiki
➢ 2018: Τhe fresh legislation frame for S.A. companies (L.4548/2018), Nomiki Vivliothiki
➢ 2018, 19-21/10: 28th Pan-Hellenic Conference of Commercial Law, Association of Greek Commercialists.
➢ 2017: Μergers-Demergers-Split-off under L. 4172/2013, Nomiki Vivliothiki
➢ 2017: ISO 9001:2015, Labor S.A.
➢ 2016: The fresh Code of Civil Procedure (L. 4335/2015), Nomiki Vivliothiki
➢ 2014: Penal Law and Penal Procedure in Practice, Hellenic Union of Criminalists.
➢ 2014, 11-16/6: 11th International Conference of the members of the Union Shiparrested.com, held in Annovero, Germany.
➢ 2014, 29/3: Legal Aspects of Negotiations, ΑLBA Alumni Association.
➢ 2013: The fresh Regulation of the European Union re the Protection of Personal Data.
➢ 2013: Corporate Types, A Comparative Appraisal, Nomiki Vivliothiki.
➢ 2012, 22/2: The Labour Market and the Developments on Labour Relations following the Memorandum, Nomiki Vivliothiki.
➢ 2011, 8-9/4: The Penal Procedure in practice, Nomiki Vivliothiki.
➢ 2009, 11-12/12: Penal Law, Nomiki Vivliothiki.
➢ 2008, 14/05: The fresh law of the Societe Anonyme, L. 3604/2007, Nomiki Vivliothiki.
➢ 2006: The principle of proportionality in Penal Law, Greek Conference of the Greek Association of Penal Law.
➢ 2005: Seminar of Judicial Handwriting Expertise, University of Athens, Athens Law School.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

A. LANGUAGES:

i) Greek: Native speaker.
ii) English: Proficiency, Holder of British University Master´s Degree (LL.M).
iii) French: DALF II, Excellent use in speaking and writing.
iv) Spanish: Basics.
v) Chinese: Beginner.

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