A&T - Key Persons
Alex Chrysanthou has a wide range of legal experience. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Postgraduate Bioethics Committee, and a member of the Research Committee of the Institute of Medical Ethics. He has a broad experience of healthcare related matters. He has provided legal research on a project concerning vulnerability in healthcare.
He has also worked on the Hidden Law Makers Project (2013-2014), in which he presented funded research on new graphical methodologies to consider hidden law making influences in medical law cases. His doctoral thesis explores different legal interpretations of frozen embryo disputes in IVF (including contract, property and rights approaches).
He is a teaching fellow at the University of Southampton where he currently teaches Criminal Law. He has also tutors ethics to undergraduate Medicine students. He co-organised and convened the Postgraduate Bioethics Conference in 2014, and was a coordinator of the Small Business Clinic in 2015.
He has presented on healthcare/ethics issues in law at Near East University (2016), the University of Manchester Law Postgraduate Conference (2014), Postgraduate Bioethics Conference (2014), and delivered a poster presentation at the International Conference of the Cyprus Society of Human Genetics Conference (2014).
Alex has extensive experience of working on legal agreements and compliance issues from his time at Skandia. He also assessed and researched the suitability of linking to new funds and their underlying assets according to Skandia`s Investment policy and insurance regulations.
Job Titles:
- Correspondent / Greec
- Correspondent / Greece
Captain Tevfik Ali Batus is a Master Mariner and he started his career as a chief officer at one of the Turkish Cargo Lines in Istanbul in 1980. Then he worked as a Captain at IDO Seabus Co. of Istanbul Municipality.
Dr Andrea Lista has notably worked as a legal advisor to a multinational enterprise leading in underwater technology and has been a legal consultant to the European Parliament. He has lectured for several years in various areas of commercial law (international trade, competition law, internal market law and corporate law) in Southampton and London, and he is a very active legal consultant.
Dr Lista has vast experience in EU law, corporate law, and international trade and international commercial arbitration, and he is a legal consultant to companies and law firms. He is also an active member of the European Law Research Group.
In May 2013, Andrea was awarded the `ETA Excellence in Teaching Award as the Overall Outstanding Lecturer in the School of Law`, and the `Vice Chancellor Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching`.
Dr Collins has been a visiting fellow at a number of academic institutions including Georgetown University, Columbia University and the University of Hong Kong. His first monograph, The BRIC States and Outward Foreign Direct Investment, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
Dr Rui Zheng graduated from Renmin University of China in 2006 where he obtained his LL.B degree. He then graduated from Swansea University, UK in 2008 and 2012 where he obtained LLM degree in International Maritime Law (distinction) and PhD degree (in Marine Insurance) respectively.
Dr Rui Zheng was a part-time lecturer at School of Law, Swansea University from 2008 to 2012, teaching English Legal System and English Contract Law. He was also a research fellow at the Institute of International Shipping & Trade Law, Swansea University. He attended International Conferences and Seminars regarding maritime law and insurance law in London and other cities in UK on a regular basis.
Dr Rui Zheng joined Shanghai Maritime University as a lecturer in Maritime Law in April, 2013. He teaches Maritime Law, the Law of Marine Insurance and the Law of Charterparties to both undergraduate and postgraduate students from College of Law, College of Transport & Communications and Merchant Marine College.
Dr Rui Zheng is currently a member of expert group, entrusted by the Ministry of Transport of People ™s Republic of China, advising on the issues of improvements and amendments regarding Chinese Maritime Code. Dr Rui Zheng has a very good understanding of both English and Chinese maritime law and is capable of advising almost in every area of maritime law.
Dr Zheng deals particularly with Chinese related legal and consultancy issues in motherland China. He is a correspondent for our office in any kind of litigation, arbitration, mediation issues related to maritime, trade, admiralty, insurance, commercial, corporates and civil law matters in China.
Job Titles:
- Correspondent / Franc
- Correspondent / France
Mr Gur is an insurance and maritime expert witness and arbitrator at Chamber of Shipping (Istanbul & Marmara, Aegean, Mediterranean, Black Sea Regions). He is also a high rank arbitrator at STK (Insurance Arbitration Commission). Mr Gur is a Member of Damage Committee at Natural Disasters Insurance Authority.
Mr Lorenzo Macchi obtained his LL.D with distinction at University of Pisa in 2011 with a dissertation in Maritime Law entitled œ Multimodal transport operator, uniform regulation needed .
He worked as trainee lawyer in Pisa covering a wide range of practices area such as litigation, corporate, dispute resolution and arbitration. Afterword, he completed his internship in a prestigious Notary Firm in London being allocated to the Italian department.
Mr Macchi has also attended several English Law specialisation courses in London before arriving in Southampton where he is currently carrying out an LL.M in Maritime Law. His key sectors are mainly Trade & Commodities, Shipping Law, Multimodal Transport and International Commercial Arbitration.
He is the founder of the blog www.maritimeandcommerciallaw.co.uk, which gathers news, articles and materials in the field of maritime and commercial law. Mr Macchi speaks fluent Italian, English and Portuguese and he is member and legal advisor of Bhalobasa ONLUS, which provide humanitarian services in Africa and South America.
Mr Macchi deals particularly with Italian related legal and consultancy issues in motherland Italy. He is a correspondent for our office in any kind of litigation, arbitration, mediation issues related to maritime, trade, admiralty, insurance, commercial, corporates and civil law matters in Italy.
Mr Orcun Kocak commenced his career as a legal intern in Istanbul in 2011. He worked in the courts, pursued the court files in enforcement office making documentation, and drew up contracts regarding international maritime law and international litigation.
Mr Kocak has experience in shipping and trade industries and represents charterers, cargo interests, shipowners. He obtained this knowledge while studying at Istanbul Shipping Institute.He also has a well-earned reputation in Internet, Media and Advertising matters and disputes as his experience in commercial litigation and in resolving such disputes in or out of court.
He has particular expertise in advising on administrative aspects of healthcare and real estate projects. He regularly gives legal advice on these industries. His experience also covers resolution of domestic and international disputes in all aspects of media, health and real estate business.
In addition, practice areas include drafting and translation of the legal documents on commercial law, energy law and media law. He worked in leading newspaper and the leading television channel of Turkey; he attended courts as an attorney at law. Also he wrote writing petition rested to variety of cases.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Sigma TV Board of Directors
- Correspondent / Cyprus
- Member of the Cyprus Bar Association
Mr. Christos Patsalides is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association and an active lawyer for more than 18 years. He is a well-established lawyer specialising in the field of corporate and tax law, contract law, banking and finance, as well as media law.
Christos Patsalides founded the law firm named Christos Patsalides LLC in 1996 and at the moment the office employees 17 persons.
Christos Patsalides was the Vice President of the Licensing Authority in Cyprus for two years.
Christos Patsalides was one of the founders of THEMIS Legal Studies Institute, which was a non-profit organization, founded by a group of advocates for the continuous education of legal professionals.
Christos Patsalides LLC represents Dias Group Media Entities and its Business Associates in all legally related matters including cases with the Radiotelevision Authority of Cyprus. Dias Group has formed partnerships with the licensed companies that operate the radio stations ˜Love Radio ™ and ˜Super FM ™, ˜Sigma Television ™, ˜Galaxy Productions Ltd ™, and ˜IMH Consultants Ltd ™ reaching over 400,000 people on a daily basis. These include 3 television channels, 5 radio stations, 2 newspapers, 12 events/contests, 2 internet portals, 5 websites, 8 monthly magazines, 4 weekly magazines, 1 weekly inset, 5 semiannual publications, and 11 yearly publications.
Christos Patsalides has been elected as the Chairman of Sigma TV Board of Directors, and he is currently the President.
Ms Arzu Alcicek Eronat is a qualified attorney at law admitted to the Istanbul Bar Association. She started her career in a leading maritime law firm in Istanbul. In this firm, she mainly focused on wet and dry shipping matters as well as international trade transaction disputes.
Ms Eronat has extensive industry knowledge of and a solution-oriented approach to the shipping and trade sectors. She has represented a broad number of insurers/reinsurers, shipping and trade companies. She is a keen litigator and assists clients in disputes in all of the areas within her specialty.
Having worked as a practicing lawyer in her focused areas, Ms Eronat then joined one of the largest shipping companies in Turkey in which she developed her legal, commercial and corporate skills by providing expert wet and dry shipping knowledge for years.
Ms Ceylan Tanriverdi is a qualified lawyer admitted to the Ankara Bar Association. She has extensive experience in Criminal and Corporate Law. Her main focus at A&T is in the areas of Criminal, Commercial, Corporate, Consultancy and Intellectual Property Law.
Ms Gu Yi knows how to negotiate and land the deal with charters and ship owners in particular in bulk industry. She also has skills in identifying genuine opportunities and building client intelligence, introducing update-shipping line to both key clients and small clients.
Ms Yi worked as a leader assistant who helped two foreign Board partners, dealing with affairs both in shipping business and administrative part. She also regularly collected and analysed competitors` advantages and disadvantages by participating and organising whole-year business plan meeting in a global level.
Ms Yesim Kadioglu has extensive experience in negotiating and reviewing ISDA Master Agreements, Master Repurchase Agreements, Syndicated Loan Agreements related to ISDA Master Agreements, NY Gurantees, Credit Support Annexes, Custodian Agreements, and drafted renewal for guarantees and prepared termination letters for Loan Agreements; analysed regulatory letters.
She has conducted research on the new regulations of the Dodd-Frank Act, and prepared letters for companies and customers to inform them of important changes, especially regarding new regulations requiring some affiliates ™ OTC trading activities to transfer to other affiliates.
Ms Kadioglu has prepared a summary in the relation to the ISDA Dodd-Frank Protocol of rule § 23.504 Swap Trading Relationship Documentation Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rules and Regulations.
She also prepared for a FINRA arbitration matter by reviewing relevant cases that involved wrongful employment termination and breach of contract, and unpaid promised contractual compensation in respect of the work, labour and services rendered on behalf of the company. Analysed prospective Arbitrators ™ cases and their decisions, and ranked them based on their capability to make a decision in favour of the company. She completed Newedge Compliance and Financial Crime Prevention 2011 and 2012 training programs.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Trainer of Eurofinance Conference
Muge has also provided consulting services for the industrial firms on commodity / FX management and improvement of related hedging opportunities. She was the Project Manager and primary responsible of the establishment and sales of a White Label online trading platform of an investment bank.
Muge obtained her bachelor degree in Business Administration Faculty of Bilkent University and Masters Degree in Economics and Finance Department of Boğaziçi University. She has both Capital Markets Board Advanced and Derivative Licences. Muge is also a licenced Bond and Bills Dealer of Borsa Istanbul.
After his master`s thesis work in 1995 on the minimum wage law, Erdem Ã-zdemir completed his doctoral thesis on ``Collective Agreement Provisions and Their Normative Effects on the Contract of Employment in 1999. ¨ ¨
With his book œBurden and Tools of Proof in Labour Disputes`` published in 2006 and his academic works, he had œAssoc. Professor title in 2006. ¨ ¨
Dr. Erdem Ozdemir, is also the author of the books œRelease Documents in Labour law Practice and œTermination of Employment Contract by Mutual Agreement published by the Istanbul Bar Association.
Dr. Erdem Ozdemir, is also the author of numerous articles. He teaches at Marmara University School of Law, Kadir Has University School of Law, graduate and doctoral courses; he also works as a ``expert`` at the labour courts.
Dr. Erdem Ozdemir, also collaborates with MESS (REFA), provides training on Occupational Health and Safety, Labour Law, participates as a speaker at numerous conferences and panels.
Job Titles:
- Consultant / Baltic States