Panagiotis Georgilis

PANAGIOTIS IS A SENIOR ASSOCIATE IN THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION GROUP.

Panagiotis’ practice focuses on multijurisdictional commercial litigation and arbitration matters, with a particular emphasis on shipping disputes.  He also has experience in international white-collar defence and investigations.

Panagiotis’ maritime disputes experience includes advising on matters arising from charterparties, bills of lading, commodities, sale and purchase and shipbuilding disputes, as well as more recently decarbonisation issues such as CII/EEXI/EU ETS. He has experience in both High Court litigation and arbitration, assisting P & I clubs, shipowners, charterers, and traders. Leveraging his maritime experience, he also assists clients with non-contentious and drafting matters.

Prior to joining WFW, Panagiotis trained and worked for more than seven years at a leading international law firm based in London (2013-2021). While at WFW, he has also worked on secondment for an International Group P&I Club advising members primarily from Europe and the USA.

Panagiotis received his B.A. in Law from the University of Oxford. He also holds an LL.M. in Trade Regulation from New York University School of Law, and a Master 2 (Recherche) in Business Law from Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II).

Panagiotis is qualified to practice law in England & Wales, where he is a solicitor of the Senior Courts, and in Greece. He is fluent in French and conversational in German.