Maritime Cross-Border Insolvency

Lia Athanassiou is a Professor at the School of Law, Athens University. She is a registered arbitrator and barrister and is senior partner at Athanassiou-Gerapetritis & Associates law firm in Athens. In 2015, she was appointed member of the Committee of Experts of the International Labor Organization and has written extensively on Maritime, Competition, Industrial Property, Company, European and Transport law in Greek, French, and English.

Opening Remarks



PART 1: Systemic conflict between the rules of maritime and insolvency law



Chapter 1: Insolvency mechanisms and the operation of shipping companies: Financial aspects



Chapter 2: Legal interaction between insolvency and maritime law



PART 2: Areas of conflict between maritime and insolvency law



Chapter 3: Opening of cross-border insolvency proceedings



Chapter 4: The treatment of maritime securities



Chapter 5. Insolvency and limitation of liability for maritime claims



Postface