MAHERIOTIS, MAHERIOTIS AND ASSOCIATES
LAW FIRM

3, Merlin Street, Athens P.C. 10671

About Nicholas Maheriotis

The founder of our law firm Nicholas Maheriotis has been in private practice since 1983, acting as litigator for major clients both in Greece and internationally. He has participated in the partnership of two leading law firms in both Athens and Piraeus

Our experience extends to a wide range of practice areas and especially the following:

  • Shipping
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Civil Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Commercial and Corporate
  • Employment
  • Real Estate

Bar Admissions and Memberships

  • Athens Bar Association
  • European Maritime Law Organization
  • Greek Maritime Law Association

Education

  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School, LL.B., 1997
  • University of Southampton L.L.M. in Shipping LAW (Distinction), 1979

Languages

  • Greek, English, Spanish

The copartner Chris Maheriotis graduated from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens having studied Political Sciences and Public Administration. Thereafter, he got his Law Degree (with merits) from the Law School of the University of Essex, United Kingdom, and at the same Law School obtained his LLM on the subject International Commercial Law. He practices since 2018

Office Practice Areas

We work closely with our clients aiming to the most suitable solution to their legal problems and exhaust all means in order to achieve alternative dispute resolution, or settlement by always securing our clients best interests. However, if no amicable solution is reached our highly qualified litigation team headed by our Nicholas Maheriotis resorts to litigation achieving always the best possible results for our clients.

We support our clients with all issues that a commercial entity needs, from establishment of all kind of companies, including offshore in many jurisdictions, following up their operation. In this respect we prepare commercial contracts and assist them to effect corporate transactions in Greece and cross-border. We have particular experience in bankruptcy law matters, having been involved in several high profile cases in this field of law including cases of companies restructuring (ex art. 99 of Bankruptcy Code) as amended.

Our experience covers a broad range of labour and sea labour issues arising from employment contracts, collective and individual dismissals, remuneration, stock options and benefits, labour accidents, and in general labour claims practicing litigation for and providing consultancy to highly respectable clients in cooperation with several corresponding law firms in Greece and abroad.

Criminal

For more than twenty years our office has been handling with excellent results criminal cases primarily arising from economic crimes and in particular white collar crimes, violation related to the legislation of anticorruption and alleged fraud and money laundering etc. acting on behalf of domestic and foreign clients.

Shipping

We advise and represent shipping companies, P&I Clubs, insurance companies and classification societies in both contentious and non-contentious matters. We are experienced in shipping finance, sale and purchase of ships and yachts, as well as in handling all sort of legal matters and disputes pertaining to shipping law such as Cargo claims, charter parties disputes, salvage, general average (arrests, foreclosures) major shipping incidents (collisions, groundings, total loss etc), sea pollution both within Greek jurisdiction and on a worldwide basis (through an extensive network of corresponding law firms).

Real Estate

We handle cases of real estate, (purchase/sale), research for all required evidence on property titles of the property working with the involved notaries, as well as with the parties involved in the transaction. We also handle cases of lifting and/or imposing mortgages and prenotifications of mortgages on properties. We elaborate agreements/deeds for the transfer of immovable properties, carrying out a due diligence in the most efficient way.