Evelyn Komaki

Senior associate

Evelyn Komaki

Senior associate

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Evelyn is a senior associate in the firm’s Piraeus office and specialises in shipping, insurance and international trade disputes. She mainly acts for shipowners, charterers, traders and their insurers on contentious matters (English arbitration and litigation in English courts) and advises on a wide range of shipping and sale of goods disputes.

She handles both dry and wet matters including charterparty and bills of lading disputes, underperformance claims, demurrage claims, off-hire claims, bunker quality disputes, cargo and ICA claims, unsafe port claims and casualties involving complex general average and liabilities aspects. She is particularly interested in cases with a technical side and requiring a multi-layered approach, on the spot advice, strategy planning and careful consideration of the commercial aspects involved. Evelyn is also part of the firm’s yacht team and represents clients in yacht disputes and casualties with a Greek element, ranging from injuries, collisions and fires to groundings and salvage claims.

I am fascinated by the stimulating world of shipping and international trade and the numerous challenges that stakeholders in the industry take up on a daily basis. I approach each case on its own evidence and ensure that I focus on the detail without missing the bigger picture in the process.

Evelyn Komaki, Senior associate

Prior to joining the firm, Evelyn worked in a Greek top-tier shipping litigation firm and was the head of the legal department in a Greek shipping company for one year. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Athens and a Master of Laws (LLM) in maritime law from the University of Southampton. Evelyn’s academic background and commercial experience provide her with significant practical insight into the day-to-day needs of clients.

Evelyn is qualified in Greece and England and Wales and has been recognised in the legal directories as a key lawyer in the firm’s Greek office.

Recent work highlights

LEONIDAS and RENOS cases

Acting on these two high-profile cases in the High Court and Supreme Court and undertaking court preparation.

Grounding in India

Handling local port claims exceeding US$4 million for a vessel’s grounding in an Indian port channel and a subsequent unsafe port claim against charterers.

Tanker’s engine failure

Dealing with towage, main engine failure investigation, transshipment operations and bills of lading, cargo and salvage/indemnity claims when the main engine of a tanker laden with crude oil failed en route to US ports.

Container stack collapse

Acting for a major container liner and its P&I insurer in a case involving a container stack collapse in the middle of the ocean amidst heavy weather, the subsequent loss of containers and cargo damage and handling claims up and down the chain.

Pig carcass on board

Managing a dispute for a vessel laden with cargo destined for a Muslim country when a pig carcass was discovered during discharging at a North-African port.

Off-spec fuel sale

Representing a supplier of a cargo of ULSFO on CIF/FOB terms in a multimillion-dollar dispute arising from multiple engine and fuel injector nozzle damage reported on various vessels which burned the fuel, despite being tested to ISO standards.

Greek island yacht grounding

Acting for liability insurers on a yacht grounding incident on a Greek island involving technical malfunctions, collision with third parties’ yachts, salvage claims and coordination with the Greek port authorities.

Greek island yacht grounding

Acting for liability insurers on a yacht grounding incident on a Greek island involving technical malfunctions, collision with third parties’ yachts, salvage claims and coordination with the Greek port authorities.

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Evelyn Komaki is a key contact for Penningtons Manches Cooper’s Piraeus office.

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Penningtons Manches Cooper offers prompt responses, a thorough and meticulous review of each case and the determination to produce good results.

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