The company took on a number of new lawyers last year and expects to continue to expand its corporate and shipping practices, according to managing partner Chris Lowe.

Its celebrations drew dozens of high-profile guests from the shipping industry at the firm’s annual reception at the Athens Concert Hall.

Sipping cocktails and wine under cool jazz sounds were, among others, Paragon chief executive Michael Bodouroglou and Petros Christodoulou, incoming chief executive of Capital Products Partners.

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