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Transportation

Gerassimou & Partners has acquired an extensive experience on all types of sea, road and air multimodal transportation related matters. We have been recognized as the leading transportation law firm in Greece for the years 2012 & 2013 respectively by high qualified magazines and directorates.

Our Transportation law specialized team offers high quality legal advice and assistance to manufacturers, shipowners, airlines, aircraft owners, truck-owners, port and terminal operators, freight forwarders, underwriters, insurers, international agents, financiers, logistic operators on the regulatory framework, carriage commercial transactions and all types of litigation in connection with the full spectrum of transportation matters.

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Our Expertise

  • Advising on the regulatory and legislative framework for carriers and freight forwarders in Greece
  •  Advising on the regulatory and legislative framework for logistic services in Greece
  • Negotiating, advising and drafting multimodal carriage contracts
  • Negotiating, advising and drafting logistics agreements with chain suppliers, port and terminal operators and shipping lines’ operators
  • Advising on the terms and conditions of the insurance coverage policies of the carriers and forwarders
  • Advising on the implementation of the various International Conventions and Regulations into the Greek legal system
  • Advising on all transportation related areas of carriage of goods, luggage and passengers by sea, road, air and rail under the International Conventions of Hague, Hague –Visby, Hamburg Rules, CMR, CIV, Warsaw and the Montreal Convention
  • Advising on matters of freight forwarders’ liabilities under the various transportation commercial contracts
  • Litigation in all transportation related disputes before the Greek Courts and Tribunals
  • Advising about the sanctions imposed by various countries during the transportation and trading activities
  • Mergers and acquisitions, take overs and joint ventures of transportation companies

Our Experience

  • We regularly advise a great number of Greek carriers and forwarding companies on their commercial matters
  • Regularly advising the Greek Union of the International Forwarders & Logistics
  • Regularly advising five major insurance companies on sea, road and air transportation corporations policies
  • Regularly representing five major Greek and international leading insurance companies before the Greek Courts in litigation for any transportation related matter
  • We have been involved in the recent merger of two renown transportation companies in Greece
  • We have established twelve carriage and forwarding companies in the Greek market