Eleni Melekou

New York University, NYU School of Law, Graduate Student

Queen Mary, University of London, Center Of Commercial Law Studies, Graduate Student

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Law - Department of International Studies, Undergraduate

New York University, Leonard N Stern School of Business, Graduate Student

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Eleni has graduated from New York University School of Law and received an LL.M. in Corporation Law and an Advanced Professional Certificate In Law and Business from NYU Stern School of Business. Her coursework in NYU focused on various financing methods and cross-border transactions. She has also received an LL.M. in Intentional Shipping Law with distinction from Queen Mary University of London. Her LL.M. thesis focused on ship arrest and P&I Letters of Undertaking. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York and Greece.

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THE P&I LETTERS OF UNDERTAKING AS A MODERN FORM OF SECURITY FOR THE RELEASE OF ARRESTED SHIPS .pdf

Queen Mary University of London, 2016

My dissertation, entitled "The P&I Letters of Undertaking as a modern form of security for the re... more My dissertation, entitled "The P&I Letters of Undertaking as a modern form of security for the release of arrested ships" touched on a number of areas of the law and was a comparative examination and analysis of the civil procedures pertaining to the interim measure of ship arrest in common law and civil law countries, namely England, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, South Africa, New Zealand and the USA. The dissertation examined the legal extent of bank guarantees and the mechanism of judicial guarantees in many jurisdictions and researched the business and financial implications of ship arrest in terms of money, time and satisfaction for both shipowners and claimants. The topic was particularly interesting and challenging as there is no single universal approach and the bibliography is limited. I was therefore able to adopt an original line of argument on the basis of all the available sources and suggest amendments in the standard maritime contracts in order to promote the use and acceptance of P&I LOU.