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2025

<Drawing the line between commercial and private use>: Substance over weekends: private use inside commercial yacht structures is the EU-compliance frontier… If there is one recurring misunderstanding in the superyacht world, it’s this: “Our yacht is commercially registered and sits in a leasing/charter structure – so a quiet owner weekend is fine.” Legally and fiscally across the EU, that single “quiet weekend” can unravel years of careful planning: deductions denied, VAT clawed back, customs reliefs lost, and – depending on the jurisdiction – requalification as a hidden profit distribution. The line between commercial and private is policed by hard rules and evolving case law. 2025 has made that line sharper, not softer.

<Liechtenstein family holdings for superyachts>: Governance first, tax re-thought after Germany’s 2025 ruling – how Liechtenstein family holding stands as a yacht vehicle… Over the years we’ve been asked to design yacht-holding structures by putting foundations on the top. An update of the legal framework is an opportunity to introduce a very interesting example of design structure for HWI-yachting engagement.

<Brokers´crossfire: Commission wars in superyacht S&P and new builds> – what the law really says, what the market really pays and how to stay out of the crossfire… The calls usually come after the champagne: a voice from someone “who brought the buyer”, asking where their slice is. In a market where a single tick on a signature page can move eight figures, a commission claim isn’t a nuisance – it’s a live round. The superyacht industry prides itself on relationships, but relationships don’t settle law. Contracts do. So when an unnamed broker or “introducer” surfaces late, who actually pays? How much is really at stake? And what can owners, managers, brokers and yards do to keep opportunistic claims from contaminating the deal?

<When the MYBA charter contract evolves> Professor Dr Christoph Ph. Schließmann: Navigating 2025’s compliance currents, the template’s market monopoly and the EU-consumer course corrections you can’t skip…This year, the MYBA Charter Contract has undergone its most sweeping transformation since its inception. What once read like an old seafarer’s log of familiar clauses now resembles an intricate chart bristling with newly drawn hazard markers. Yacht owners, accustomed to the relative predictability of the MYBA form, find themselves confronting an array of fresh obligations, tightened deadlines and, perhaps most perilously, a false promise of escrow security. If you believed that the standard form offered safe passage, think again: this revision demands strategising far beyond the fill-in-the-blanks diplomacy of previous years.

<Substance over personalisation: Prof. Dr. Christoph Ph. Schließmann responds to MYBA’s “Right to Reply”, its own response to his original article about the updated MYBA charter contract…

<When labour law meets luxury> Professor Dr Christoph Ph. Schließmann outlines the new MLC imperatives for superyacht owners… As a superyacht owner, you’ve mastered the art of hull design, propulsion systems and bespoke interiors. Yet from December 2024 onwards, your greatest gauge of seamanship may be how well you look after those who keep your yacht in motion: the crew. The June 2022 Amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 – binding for virtually every Flag state – and complementary national regulations introduce landmark standards in social connectivity, welfare and financial security.

<When courtrooms meet the quarterdeck> Professor Dr Christoph Ph. Schließmann dissects two landmark insurance cases every superyacht player should know … The choice of law and choice of forum clause you sign today can decide, years later, whether you are paid a cent after a casualty.  owners, managers and brokers still wave certain clauses through as “just boilerplate”, yet both headline cases below prove that a poorly chosen jurisdiction or a one-sided governing law clause can paralyse legal recovery.  

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