Hannaford Turner LLP are delighted to welcome Duncan Bateson into the firm’s award winning, Band 1 ranked, Superyacht and Luxury Asset Group with immediate effect.


Duncan joins Hannaford Turner LLP from Ince & Co. where Duncan led the firm’s yachting practice. Having spent more than 30 years practising as a marine solicitor, Duncan is widely acknowledged to be an expert in the field of superyacht related legal matters with significant experience acting for ultra-high net worth individuals, banks and other superyacht industry participants on the financing, sale and purchase, charter and construction of superyachts. Duncan is ranked as a leading lawyer in the field of Yachts & Superyachts in the Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2023.

 

Duncan Bateson, Partner, comments:

 

“I am delighted to join the yacht team of a maritime firm with such a fantastic reputation and high calibre lawyers. I’m excited at the prospect of working with all my clients and referrers, old and new, at Hannaford Turner.”

 

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Mark Needham & Adam Ramlugon, Co-Heads of the Superyacht & Luxury Asset Group at Hannaford Turner LLP comment:

 

“We are thrilled to welcome Duncan to the Superyacht & Luxury Asset Group at Hannaford Turner, which continues to go from strength-to-strength. Duncan has an impressive client base and is trusted by some of the world’s most successful businesspeople to provide advice in connection with the construction, sale, purchase and financing of superyachts. He is a fantastic addition to our team.”

 

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Monaco Yacht Show 2023

The Hannaford Turner Superyacht & Luxury Asset Group will be attending the Monaco Yacht Show 2023.

 

Notes to Editors: Hannaford Turner LLP is a specialist London law firm providing cutting edge legal advice to clients across the globe in the commercial shipping, superyacht, private aviation, luxury asset and physical commodities sectors.

 

With more than £2 billion of collective transaction history, the firm boasts one of London’s most experienced superyacht and luxury asset teams, perfectly positioned to assist with a comprehensive range of superyacht and luxury asset related legal matters.

 

The firm is ranked in the Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2023 as a Band 1 law firm globally with clients commenting as follows:

 

"Hannaford Turner is a world-class legal talent when it comes to complex marine work, with all aspects of super yacht ownership in the numerous jurisdictions they operate."

 

"My experience with Hannaford Turner on transactions has always proved to me that they handle complex matters in such a dynamic and forward-thinking way, time after time, confirming why they are one of the best in the business."

 

22 September 2023