Shipping: Finance (International Firms)
China
9 years ranked
LAWYER PROFILE
Christoforos Bisbikos
Greater China Region 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
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Practice Areas
Christoforos is a Foreign Legal Consultant (England & Wales) and a Partner with WFW Global in the Finance Group.
Christoforos focusses on all types of cross-border asset and project financings (in particular ship lease and debt, including ECA, financings), loan restructurings, work-outs and enforcement.
His clients include leading international banks in the shipping sector, Chinese financial leasing companies and top league shipping groups.
Christoforos has a wealth of experience advising on finance deals involving Asia and the West and has led in high profile, award-winning and landscape changing ship finance transactions.
Career
He is recommended as a leading lawyer in Hong Kong for shipping finance by legal directories Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Chambers Asia Pacific and Chambers Global. Legal 500 most recently described him as “excellent”, with Chambers highlighting his “innovation and ability to solve problems in a commercial way”.
He is registered as a Foreign Legal Consultant (England & Wales) with the Hong Kong Law Society.
Chambers Review
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Chambers Greater China Region
Shipping: Finance (International Firms) - China
Band 2
Individual Editorial
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
Chris has been great at handling regulatory changes. He has come up with some really innovative structuring ideas.
Shipping: Finance (International Firms)Chambers Greater China RegionHe has strong service awareness, a good understanding of customer needs and a good balance between the differing interests of the two parties being served.
Shipping: Finance (International Firms)Chambers Greater China Region
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