Yannis Litinas

Yannis Litinas is a Senior Associate at Wikborg Rein's Oslo office and is part of the firm's Shipping Offshore group.

Litinas is a dually qualified lawyer, as a Solicitor of England & Wales and as an Attorney at Law in Greece. His main areas of practice are related to offshore, international shipping and maritime law, shipping finance, and general contract law. Litinas is fluent in English, German and Greek.

Curriculum Vitae

Relevant experience:

• Advised major Greek and Norwegian shipowners
• Extensive experience in sale and purchase contracts, and construction contracts in shipping and offshore industry
• Member of the firm's Decommissioning of Offshore Installations focus group
  

Work experience:

• 2012 - Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• 2009-2011 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• 2009 Attorney, Deverakis Law Office, Athens
• 2008-2009 Legal Counsel, Korres Natural Products S.A.
• 2007-2009 Associate Attorney, Tenediotis Law Office, Athens
• 2003-2007 Senior Legal Research Consultant, Thomson-Reuters Legal & Regulatory, London
• 2001 Legal Assistant, M. Eglezos & Associates Law firm, Piraeus
  

Education:

• 2008-2009 Athens Bar Qualification Exams, Athens
• 2007-2008 Greek Law Conversion Course, University of Thrace, Greece
• 2002-2003 Legal Practice Course, Postgraduate Diploma of Law, Bristol
• 2001-2002 Masters of Laws (LL.M.), International Trade Law, Bristol
• 1998-2001 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) , University of Plymouth, Plymouth