We commonly act for companies and individuals in the registration of yachts in the UK and worldwide and can provide a cost effective registration service for UK yachts.

We provide seminars to marine organisations including the British Marine Federation, Royal Yachting Association and the International Institute of Marine Surveyors. Jonathan Hadley-Piggin also lectures on the MCA Master Yachts examination courses for budding superyacht captains.

We hold membership of Superyacht (UK) , the British Marine Federation and the Professional Yachtsman Association.

Work handled:

Non-contentious matters

• yacht construction contracts;
• refit and management contracts;
• yacht finance agreements and mortgage registration;
• drafting terms and conditions for marina licences and yacht distribution and sales agreements;
• drafting yacht Crew Agreements and employment contracts;
• VAT advice;
• advice on the sale and purchase of yachts; and
  
• advice on yacht ownership schemes.
  

Contentious Matters

• insurance claims;
• yacht racing and other marine arbitrations;
• crew claims;
• personal Injury claims;
• arrest of yachts and debt recovery;
• salvage claims; and
  
• sale of goods claims for defective yachts and related issues with workmanship.

Examples of recent work include:

• acting for clients in the negotiation of construction contracts for a number of large yachts (45m, 55m, 60m and 78m);
  
• acting for an international bank in the finance transactions for a number of loans between €4 and €30 million;
• successful arbitration in Croatia on a construction dispute between client yacht designer and the builder;
• the novation of a number of superyacht contracts;
• acting in the purchase or sale of a number of yachts from 5m to 60m;
• arrest of a yacht and subsequent judicial sale following a collision action;
• collision between a commercial craft and yacht in a marina;
• crew wage disputes on a number of super yachts;
• insurance claim following collapse of yacht cradle in a marina; and
  
• drafting marina terms and conditions.