Amalia Tzima#13685

Amalia Tzima

Solicitor, HFW
Amalia is a transactional lawyer based in the London office of HFW specialising in shipping and export finance as well as yachts and superyachts.
 
Amalia acts for a range of finance providers including many of the industry's leading banks as well as borrowers/sponsors and operators on a variety of matters including debt finance and refinancing in the commercial shipping sector. She also advises owners, shipyards, brokerage houses, financial institutions and designers in the yachting sector, with a particular focus on financing, construction, refit and design, sale and purchase, chartering, management and registration.
 
She is currently on client secondment to the infrastructure and export finance team of a major international bank gaining experience in a wide range of export finance transactions involving, amongst others, MIGA, KEXIM, K-Sure and SACE as well as complex domestic and international infrastructure and project financings.
 
She has contributed to various publications including to the Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 2021, with an article in relation to the role of global limitation of liability for maritime claims in the modern business environment. It is available to download by clicking here.
 
She has also spent time working at HFW’s Piraeus and Monaco offices and speaks fluent Greek. 
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Shipping finance—Export Credit Agency financing
Shipping finance—Export Credit Agency financing
Practice Notes

This Practice Note explains the role of Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) in shipping finance and looks at which ECAs are the most active in shipping finance, the nature and types of support they offer and the benefits of ECA financing. It also explains the key structures and documentation issues, including the security package, to consider in ECA financings for shipping finance.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2022

Membership

  • Law Society of England & Wales
  • The Shipping Professional Network in London (SPNL)
  • Young Professionals in Yachting

Qualifications

  • LLB (2018)
  • LPC (2019)
  • LLM (2019)

Education

  • University of York (LLB) (2018)
  • BPP Law School (Legal Practice Course and LLM in Commercial Legal Practice) (2019)

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