Pioneering maritime law firms Hill Dickinson and Alley Maass, both longstanding pioneers in superyacht legal services, have announced a formal alliance to significantly enhance their global capabilities and client services.
With headquarters in the UK, Hill Dickinson has a globally renowned maritime law practice, with over 120 specialists across major shipping hubs. Alley Maass, based in Florida, US, has more than 30 years of maritime law experience, advising clients on complex issues related to the purchase, sale and construction of recreational vessels worldwide.
Hill Dickinson’s dedicated superyacht
The alliance will also give Hill Dickinson reciprocal access to Alley Maass’ specialist expertise in the US
The alliance will enable the two market-pioneering firms to pool their resources and expertise, providing Alley Maass and its clients with access to Hill Dickinson’s dedicated superyacht and wider maritime expertise in its UK, Monaco, Piraeus, Hong Kong and Singapore offices.
The alliance will also give Hill Dickinson reciprocal access to Alley Maass’ specialist expertise in the US, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Marshall Islands.
Advising on superyacht projects
By combining their strengths, the Hill Dickinson/Alley Maass alliance will offer a truly global superyacht legal service spanning sale and purchase, new construction, finance, insurance, design, management, structuring, crewing, refit and charter.
Their collective experience, shaped by decades of advising on some of the most significant superyacht projects in the world, ensures clients receive well informed, up-to-date guidance backed by local regulatory knowledge, wide-ranging industry contacts and market intelligence.
Time for the superyacht market
Each firm will retain its liberation and will persist to keep full client confidentiality
As part of the alliance, each firm will retain its independence and will continue to maintain complete client confidentiality.
Panos Pourgourides, head of yachts at Hill Dickinson, said: “Our newly formed alliance comes at an exciting time for the superyacht market, which remains a highly active sector. The yacht team at Hill Dickinson has an impressive track record working on some of the most prestigious superyacht projects of the last three decades. This alliance will serve to elevate our work further by giving us direct access to the best-in-class maritime experts across the Atlantic.”
Development for firms and clients
Tony Allen, yacht team partner at Hill Dickinson, said: “Bringing together the two market pioneering superyacht practices represents an exciting development for our firms and our respective clients."
"The combined offering will create an unparalleled platform from which to provide superyacht owners and the superyacht community as a whole with the best possible service.”
Hill Dickinson’s yacht practice
Robb R Maass, head of the maritime department at Alley Maass, said: “We have long thought that our clients would benefit from the ability to offer a range of services across multiple jurisdictions. With this alliance, and our associated firms in the Cayman Islands, we can now do that seamlessly and at a very high level. We’ve always had the greatest respect for Hill Dickinson’s yacht practice and very much look forward to working with them in a close, coordinated way."
“We are confident that the combined geographic reach, industry contacts, and breadth of knowledge and experience of this alliance will provide unmatched advantages to our respective clients and will be transformative in the superyacht legal sector.”
