George Theocharidis

Professor of Maritime Law and Policy

World Maritime University, Sweden

George Theocharidis is a Professor of Maritime Law & Policy at World Maritime University.

He is a Member of the Piraeus Law Bar and a qualified advocate before Areios Pagos (Supreme Court) with extensive shipping litigation practice.

He is a Member of the IMO Roaster of Experts and a Member of the Working Group of its Legal Committee pertaining to “Measures to Prevent Unlawful Practices Associated with Fraudulent Registration and Fraudulent Registries of Ships”.

He has served as Ordinary Member of the Law Commission that recently revised the Code of Private Maritime Law of Greece and Joint Rapporteur of the International Working Group of the Comité Maritime International (CMI) on “Liability for the Wrongful Arrest of Ships”.

He is Supporting Member of the London Maritime Association of Arbitrators (LMAA) since 2004 and a Member of the Hellenic Maritime Law Association since 2000.

Professor Theocharidis is author of many books and articles in various fields of law (i.e. Carriage of Goods by Sea, Law of the Sea, Marine Insurance, Conflict of Laws, etc.), editorial board member of law journals and invited speaker in many international legal conferences.

He is holder of an LL.M. degree from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a Ph.D. from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece).