Anastasia Papadopoulou-Van Dijk

Anastasia Papadopoulou-Van Dijk’s Biography

Anastasia Papadopoulou-Van Dijk is a maritime lawyer, investor and adviser specialising in ship finance, maritime technology and cross-border business development. Recognised by Chambers UK since 2024 and The Legal 500 since 2018, Anastasia combines legal expertise with commercial insight to help businesses grow across international markets.

A partner at Keystone Law since 2017, Anastasia advises on ship-finance transactions, debt restructurings, revolving credit facilities and lease finance. She also leads the firm's Greece-UK start-up bridge, which helps Greek founders and businesses establish a UK presence, secure investment and navigate cross-border opportunities.

Alongside her legal practice, Anastasia advises and invests in businesses applying technology to the maritime sector's most pressing questions. She holds equity stakes in multiple innovators and has worked with companies including AwakeAI, Harbor Lab, Advanced Wing Systems, MaritimePay and Seaber.io

Anastasia is the founder of Blue Alliance Partners, a network of marine technology professionals, investors and founders... Anastasia Papadopoulou-Van Dijk is a maritime lawyer, investor and adviser specialising in ship finance, maritime technology and cross-border business development. Recognised by Chambers UK since 2024 and The Legal 500 since 2018, Anastasia combines legal expertise with commercial insight to help businesses grow across international markets.

A partner at Keystone Law since 2017, Anastasia advises on ship-finance transactions, debt restructurings, revolving credit facilities and lease finance. She also leads the firm's Greece-UK start-up bridge, which helps Greek founders and businesses establish a UK presence, secure investment and navigate cross-border opportunities.

Alongside her legal practice, Anastasia advises and invests in businesses applying technology to the maritime sector's most pressing questions. She holds equity stakes in multiple innovators and has worked with companies including AwakeAI, Harbor Lab, Advanced Wing Systems, MaritimePay and Seaber.io

Anastasia is the founder of Blue Alliance Partners, a network of marine technology professionals, investors and founders focused on identifying and supporting promising maritime innovation. Initially a go-to-market accelerator, today it operates as a convenor and an investment syndicate.

Anastasia is also an active investor and adviser in healthcare technology, working with AxonCtrl, Caresma, Koko Neurotech and Adam Health. She is also a member of the Hellenic Business Angels Network (HeBAN), supporting and advising the next generation of Greek founders.

She has advised the Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy in European-level dialogues on the development of a hydrogen market in a pro-bono capacity. She also supported lomarlabs in developing its early-stage maritime investment framework.

Prior to joining Keystone Law, she practised at Clyde & Co, and Ashurst. She shares a daughter with her former husband, Dutch businessman Bob van Dijk, who she married in 2022. READ MORE VIEW LESS

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Anastasia Papadopoulou-Van Dijk’s Background

Keystone Law

Partner

Mar 2017 - Present

London, UK

Keystone Law is a UK law firm built around experienced senior lawyers who advise clients through a flexible, technology-supported operating model rather than a conventional partnership structure.

Blue Alliance Partners

Managing Director

Feb 2021 - Present

London, UK

Blue Alliance Partners is a network of sector experts, investors and innovators that connects technology companies with industry leads and investment as they look to scale.

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Anastasia Papadopoulou-Van Dijk with a colleague at a conference

Anastasia Papadopoulou-Van Dijk group photo at the Posidonia Golf Tournament

Anastasia Papadopoulou-Van Dijk group photo standing In front of Harbor Lab banner

Anastasia Papadopoulou-Van Dijk alongside fellow guests at an outdoor evening reception.

Previous Advisory Roles

lomarlabs

London, UK

lomarlabs is a maritime venture lab that develops and invests in technologies designed to improve safety, sustainability and operational performance across global shipping.

Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy

Sep 2020 - Oct 2020

Athens, GR

The Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy is the Greek government department responsible for shaping national policy on energy, environmental protection, climate action, natural resources and the transition to a more sustainable economy.

Accreditation

Solicitors Regulation Authority

Solicitor of England and Wales

Jun 2008

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, authorising legal practitioners and overseeing professional standards and regulatory compliance.

Publications

Is Shipowner Clientele King When it Comes to Investing in Marine Tech?

Author

Feb 2022

Writing for Blue Alliance Partners, Anastasia reflects on the state of play for marine tech entrepreneurs, start-ups and investors.

How have shipowners benefitted from investing in green technology?

Author

Feb 2020

An advisory note on the commercial fallout of the IMO 2020 sulphur cap, which cut the sulphur limit in maritime fuel from 3.5% to 0.5%. It sets out the economics of the choice facing owners: burn compliant fuel or fit SOx scrubbers as an approved equivalent. It then turns to the sale and purchase risks created by the carriage ban from 1 March 2020, including buyers refusing to pay for non-compliant bunkers, costly de-bunkering and tank cleaning, and exposure to port state sanctions.

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Memberships

Hellenic Business Angels Network (HeBAN)

Member

Athens, GR

HeBAN is Greece's national business angel network, connecting experienced investors with early-stage businesses through investment, mentoring and strategic support.

Clyde & Co Art Committee

Committee Member

2015 - 2016

London, UK

As a member of Clyde & Co’s Art Committee, Anastasia contributed to the firm’s programme supporting emerging artists and promoting their work within its London offices.

Awards & Recognition

The Legal 500

The Legal 500 Recommended Lawyer for Shipping

2026

Anastasia was recognised by The Legal 500 for Shipping from 2018 to 2026, with additional recommendations for Bank Lending and Travel in 2025 and 2026.

Chambers UK

Chambers UK-Ranked Lawyer for Shipping

2026

Ranked by Chambers UK for Shipping across 2024–2026, Anastasia is recognised in the market for her deep command of shipping law, genuine commercial independence, sharp sector insight, and a practical, results-driven approach to client work.

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Speaking Engagements

Smart Maritime Network in Athens

Speaker

2022

Athens, GR

Anastasia discussed how investment could be used to power digitalisation and innovation in shipping, focusing on the underutilisation of government grants, consolidation among startups and how startups can break into established practices and corporations.

Yachting Ventures Innovation Awards

International Jury Member

Anastasia was among the international jury members identifying promising startups and scaleups shaping the future of smart, sustainable marinas.

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Business Interests

Advanced Wing Systems

Advanced Wing Systems are developers of innovative stowable wing sail technology designed to reduce fuel consumption and emissions in shipping.

Maritime Pay

Maritime Pay is a payment platform built specifically for the maritime industry. Working across the full operational stack, Maritime Pay helps shipping companies manage compliance considerations and multi-jurisdiction banking.

Harbor Lab

Harbor Lab is an AI-powered, End-to-End Port Cost Management Software Solution.

Seaber.io

Seaber.io provides an AI-powered platform which optimises scheduling, planning and chartering for bulk and breakbulk shippers.

Koko Neurotech

Led by Dr Andriy Kozlov of Imperial College London, Koko Neurotech is a precision CNS therapeutics company focused on chemically modifying small-molecule drugs so that they are activated only at the target region, giving full brain effect without systemic side effects.

AxonCtrl

London, UK

AxonCtrl, an Imperial College London project led by bioengineering professor Dario Farina, is developing implantable sensor technology that reads the nerve signals of people paralysed by spinal cord injury - signals that could then be used to control prosthetic limbs, exoskeletons, wheelchairs and other assistive devices.

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Investments

Awake.AI

Helsinki, FI

Awake.AI develops artificial intelligence software that enables ports and shipping companies to optimise vessel movements and maritime logistics.

Adam Health

London, UK

Adam Health develops digital health technology that enables men to monitor and improve their long-term wellbeing through personalised health insights.