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.