Yachts

The Hill Dickinson superyacht team is the acknowledged market leader in the superyacht market and represents all sectors of the industry. As well as acting on behalf of the key parties in the yacht insurance market, members of the team also routinely advise owners, managers, brokers designers and builders in relation to sale and purchase issues, build contracts and financing on superyachts of all sizes.

The team has the capacity to respond immediately to casualties and crisis management situations worldwide, with assistance from an international network of specialist maritime lawyers, marine surveyors, investigators and loss adjusters.

As well as being accomplished lawyers, the team also benefits from the vast sailing experience of its members and can offer practical insight in relation to any given issue.

Key areas of expertise include:

  • Sale, purchase and new build contracts
  • Insurance: collision, salvage, marina liabilities, recoveries, policy
    disputes and drafting
  • Financing (on behalf of owners and banks)
  • Charter disputes
  • UK and offshore ownership structuring 
  • Commercial agreements (e.g. terms of business for designers and managers)
  • Agency and distribution agreements
  • Commercial disputes

 

Key contacts


Tony Allen
Partner
Tony Allen
Telephone
+44 (0)20 7280 9154
Email
tony.allen@hilldickinson.com
James Lawson
Partner
James Lawson
Telephone
+44 (0)20 7280 9156
Email
james.lawson@hilldickinson.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legal 500 2012 logoHill Dickinson LLP is noted for its expertise in the yacht finance market for lenders and high-net-worth private clients. Concentrating on transactions and related disputes, Tony Allen has worked with many of the largest European yacht underwriters and yards.

Legal 500 2012 logoHighlights included successfully representing superyacht broker Edmiston & Company in the biggest brokerage dispute in history.

Chambers 2012 Leading Firm logoThe firm has a specialist “one-stop shop” superyacht practice.