Lia Athanassiou is a Professor at the School of Law, Athens University. She is a registered arbitrator and barrister and is senior partner at Athanassiou-Gerapetritis & Associates law firm in Athens. In 2015, she was appointed member of the Committee of Experts of the International Labor Organization and has written extensively on Maritime, Competition, Industrial Property, Company, European and Transport law in Greek, French, and English.

'Professor Athanassiou’s book represents a remarkable attempt to guide the reader through the fascinating and murky world of maritime cross-border insolvency, guided by the knowledge and confidence of an academic with several years of experience in private practice.Professor Athanassiou does an excellent job in eviscerating the nuances of the national and international statutes covered in her book, thus providing the reader with an analytical understanding of the covered topics.…the author manages to successfully blend her academic and professional backgrounds to create an outstandingly well-referenced book that should certainly be used in professional practice.'Eugenio Vaccari, International Company and Commercial Law Review (ICCLR)

• Opening RemarksPART 1: Systemic conflict between the rules of maritime and insolvency lawChapter 1: Insolvency mechanisms and the operation of shipping companies: Financial aspectsChapter 2: Legal interaction between insolvency and maritime lawPART 2: Areas of conflict between maritime and insolvency lawChapter 3: Opening of cross-border insolvency proceedings Chapter 4: The treatment of maritime securitiesChapter 5. Insolvency and limitation of liability for maritime claimsPostface