Tryfon Alykatoras is Supreme Court lawyer. He was born in Athens in 1979. He graduated from the American College of Greece in Agia Paraskevi (Pierce College) with the grade “Excellent”. He graduated from Athens Law School in 2002. In the same year he obtained a scholarship from the Commercial Bank of Greece for acquiring outstanding grades during the previous academic year. He enrolled in the Law School of Humboldt Universität in Berlin to attend a master’s degree in Criminal Law. In 2004 he was awarded the master’s degree Legum Magister (LL.M.) of Humboldt Universität in Berlin with the grade “Excellent”.

Since 2005 he is a member of the Piraeus Bar Association as a practicing lawyer, with a specialization in Maritime Labour Law, Maritime Law, Commercial Law and Civil Law. He is a member of the international network of lawyers for the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). He also collaborates with the international legal research center for seafarers’ rights SRI (Seafarers’ Rights International), based in London.

In the context of his research work he has participated in legal projects related to the rights of seafarers on a national and international level. He has written and published various legal researches on Maritime Law in legal journals and publications (Naftiki Dikeosini, Piraeki Nomologia etc.). He is fluent in English and German.