Yacht & recreational vessel law

Yacht & recreational
vessel law.

Astrabe’s yacht-law service for owners, buyers, brokers, and managers. Partner-led, fixed-fee counsel applied to sale and purchase, due diligence, nautical contracts, registration and flag documentation, insurance and disputes, and yacht management and brokerage. Direct line: hello@astrabemarine.com.

Open a yacht-law matterSee the six services

Direct line — partner-led, not delegated

hello@astrabemarine.com

Where this fits

A second service line — not a replacement.

Astrabe’s regulatory compliance mandate (Med ECA, CII & EEXI, IHM, CSRD / ESG) remains anchored on the home page. Yacht law is a distinct audience and a distinct body of work — sales, ownership clusters, brokerage, and the contracts and disputes around a yacht as an asset rather than a regulated trading vessel.

Commercial side

Regulatory compliance, charter review, e-B/L workflows

See the practice areas on the home page.

Yacht side

Sale, purchase, due diligence, contracts, registration, insurance

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Six services, scoped

The work we do for yacht owners, buyers, brokers, and managers.

Each service is a discrete engagement shape. We will tell you in the scoping call whether the matter is one of these, a combination, or something we should refer to a firm that owns it.

Service 01
Yacht & Vessel Sale / Purchase
Legal review of sale and purchase operations — contract drafting and review, negotiation support, closing coordination, and title, registration, and flag checks before title moves.
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Service 02
Legal Due Diligence
Pre-purchase, pre-sale, or pre-finance legal review of title, liens and encumbrances, certificates, permits, and insurance policies. Delivered as a written risk report with findings and recommended next steps.
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Service 03
Nautical Contracts
Drafting and review of charter agreements, yacht management contracts, refit, repair, and maintenance contracts, shipyard contracts, mooring and storage agreements, confidentiality agreements, and general terms of service.
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Service 04
Registration & Flag Documentation
Assistance with registration and matriculation procedures, ownership transfer, name changes, and use changes (private / commercial), plus flag administration and the related regulatory filings that follow a status change.
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Service 05
Insurance & Disputes
Legal review of marine insurance policies and coverage, claims handling, and dispute resolution including litigation support for sale, charter, refit, and insurance-related conflicts — through negotiation, mediation, and arbitration as the matter allows.
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Service 06
Yacht Management & Brokerage
Contracts and legal support for yacht managers and brokers — brokerage agreements, commission agreements, and coordination across the multi-party, cross-border operations a typical transaction or season involves.
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Who this is for

Built around the people around the yacht.

A yacht engagement is rarely one-party. Owners, buyers, brokers, managers, and flag administrations sit around the same transaction. The matter is built around those relationships and the documents that move between them.

  • Yacht owners

    Individual and corporate owners managing a single yacht or a small fleet, with discrete transactions and ongoing contract needs.

  • Buyers & sellers

    Parties to a sale or purchase, pre-LOI or post-LOI, who need a counsel that handles the legal layer without slowing the deal.

  • Brokers

    Brokerage houses and independent brokers needing standard-form contracts, commission agreements, and transactional legal support.

  • Yacht managers

    Management companies running technical, crew, and operational layers for owners, and the contractual plumbing between them.

Open the conversation

Tell us the yacht, the transaction, and the timeline. We respond within one working day.

Same direct-line model as the compliance mandate — no intake form, no sales qualification. Our team takes the first reply; the named counsel runs the matter but does not take initial calls.

hello@astrabemarine.com

Direct partner email · not a shared intake address