Mitja Grbec, Ph. D. is the President of the Maritime Law Association of Slovenia, senior lecturer at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transportation, and visiting lecturer at the IMO International Maritime Law Institute in Malta. He has read law at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law and completed his LL.M. and Ph.D. studies in international maritime law at the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMO IMLI) in Malta. He has held several positions both in the Academia and private sector.