9. MARITIME LAW
In Greece, a historically naval country, Maritime Law is inevitably a legal area of particular significance, since it is necessary for the regulation one of the major domestic business activities. Our Firm, conscious of its responsibility to aid its clients in every activity, offers its services and legal support in this area of law, with a view to fully safeguard its corporate clients’ interests.
In this framework, our Firm undertakes the registration procedure for shipping companies and, subsequently, their ships to the Shipping Register, proceeds with all actions required for the reflagging of a vessel, deletion of a vessel from the Register, bank loans and mortgages on vessels, sale and shipbuilding contracts and renewal of shipping certificates.
Most importantly, our Law Firm mainly provides proper advice and suggestions on the advisability and the process of registering its client’s ships under flags offering significant tax advantages, in relation to income tax on profits or dividends, salaries of officers and crew, capital gains tax on profit transfers, etc.
(Attorney in Charge: Mrs. Tserrou Ioanna)

ANDREAS PATSIS & Associates | LEGAL CONSULTANTS - Athens
10 Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, GR 106 74, Greece, e-mail: info@legal-ap.com
Phone: +30 210 7298700 Fax: +30 210 7298705



