Our people

Tony Allen

Partner

Tony heads the yacht team, and has more than 20 years' experience of yacht-related legal issues and a reputation as one of the leaders in this field. His work focuses primarily on large yacht transactions and major yacht insurance disputes. He has an international client base, and has worked with most of the leading European yacht underwriters and yards.

Tony has an active involvement in industry bodies such as the Superyacht Society, the British Marine Federation and its Superyacht UK initiative, and the Royal Yachting Association. Tony is an experienced sailor and fluent French speaker.

tony.allen@hilldickinson.com
T +44 (0)20 7280 9154
M +44 (0)7715 376684
F +44 (0)20 7283 1144

Office

London - yachts

Practice areas and sectors

Banking and finance , Marine, trade and energy , Wealth management , Yachts

Work specialisms

• shipping
• yachts
• design and build contracts
• yacht finance
• yacht insurance
• yacht sale and purchase
• chartering
• commercial agreements
• agency and distribution agreements
• commercial disputes
• coverage disputes
• collision
• salvage

Career

Linklaters & Paines, 1982 - 1985
Royal Yachting Association, legal advisor, 1985 - 1988
Whitbread Round the World Race and subsequent adventure sailing business, 1989 - 1990
Ingedew Brown Bennison & Garrett, 1991 -1994
Berrymans Lace Mawer, 1996 - 1999
Hill Dickinson, partner, 1999 -