Our Team

 We launched our law firm on 31st January 2003.

We are a recommended Legal 500 firm of solicitors specialising in shipping law, commodities, insurance and commercial litigation.

We are a member of the Admiralty Solicitors Group and London Shipping Law Centre.

  • George Arghyrakis

    George Arghyrakis was called to the Bar in 1984 and was at Richards Butler from 1988 to 2003 (partner since 1994). He has a degree in English and Philosophy (Joint Honours) from Bristol University. He specialises in Shipping and has dealt with innumerable cases in the Commercial Court and in Arbitration. He is a supporting member of the LMAA.

  • Louise Glover

    Louise Glover qualified in 1982 and was at Richards Butler until 1991 and at Holmes Hardingham until 2004 when she moved to Davies Johnson & Co in Plymouth. She has a degree in Law from Manchester University. She specialises in shipping and trade law and increasingly in ship construction and sale and purchase disputes. She is also a CEDR- accredited Mediator and has lectured widely to the industry on mediation.

  • Jason Charalambous

    Jason Charalambous is a Solicitor-Advocate and was called to the Bar in 2009. He has a Law degree from King's College London and completed his post-graduate studies at the Inns of Court School of Law. Jason specialises in wet and dry shipping and acts for Owners, Charterers and P&I Clubs. He has a broad range of experience in litigating in the English Courts (primarily the Commercial Court) and international arbitrations (particularly the LMAA). He is also actively involved with a number of charities and NGOs.

  • Aurelija Lisenkova

    Aurelija Lisenkova joined the firm as our Office Manager in September 2021, and has previously worked across various customer service industries. She is responsible for the smooth running of the workplace (and timely payment of our bills)!

  • Lucy Arghyrakis

    Lucy Arghyrakis joined the firm in August 2023 as a Legal Assistant and is currently undergoing her training contract with us. She has a degree in Contour Fashion from De Montfort University and a GDL, LPC and LLM from the University of Law.

  • Marios Chatzigiannis

    Marios joined the firm in March 2024 as a legal assistant. He is a Greek qualified lawyer, with working experience as an Associate in various law firms in Athens and Piraeus. He has worked in several paralegal roles in law firms in London. He has an LLB from Athens Law School, University of Athens. He also holds an LLM in Maritime law from City, University of London. Marios speaks English, Greek, German and Spanish.



If you have any concerns about any services we provide, you will find further information on our Legal Notices page here.

E G Arghyrakis & Co is a trading name of Egalegal Ltd, authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority No. 815553.