Timon Karamanos

About me

My practice focuses on shipping, maritime and international trade law. I advise on all aspects of contracts of affreightment, charterparties, memoranda of agreements, bills of lading and management agreements, along with sale, purchase and ship building contracts.

I’m experienced in helping clients resolve disputes, supporting them from initial negotiations through to arbitration, court proceedings or alternative dispute resolution where needed. 

My client base is worldwide, and includes ship owners, ship managers, charterers, cargo firms and commodities traders, as well as their insurers and financiers.   

I have a strong work ethic and I do everything in my power to secure the best outcome in the least amount of time possible. Collaboration underpins my practice. I work closely with clients to determine their goals, then forge strategies alongside them to make it happen.  

Challenges excite me. I take great pleasure in finding ingenious ways to address unique problems and deliver effective results. The thank you I get from the client makes it all worth it.  

I like to give back, and I support an Athens-based NGO which helps child refugees. My interests outside of work include film, theatre, music, cooking, keeping fit and current affairs. 

My experience

• Experienced in navigating geopolitical issues, having advised clients on issues arising out of both the COVID pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
• Assisted clients in preparing for regulatory amendments and the imposition of tariffs
• Experienced in navigating complex sanctions environments, having assisted clients in circumstances where their contractual counterpart was sanctioned during the course of the performance of the contract.
• Assisted clients following the hijacking of their vessel in the Middle East, with negotiations and arrangements for the transhipment of the cargo on board, in mitigation of additional losses and arrangements for its release.
• Successfully represented clients in the Commercial Court in the ‘Aquafreedom’ case, the latest decision on the law on the requirements for the formation of binding contracts.
• Supporting member of the LMAA.