Superyacht Boutique Plants Flags in London and Hong Kong

Teji | Cowie has launched a specialist superyacht firm with offices in London and Hong Kong. The partners, London-based Alex Teji and Hong Kong-based Antony Cowie, (pictured) say they bring about four decades of combined maritime, corporate and finance experience.

The firm’s reach runs from Monaco to New Zealand.

The pitch is simple and targeted: end-to-end work on new-build contracts, sales and purchases, financing, charter agreements, ownership structures and the inevitable disputes when a nine-figure toy goes sideways. The launch ran alongside the Monaco Yacht Show, where half the market gathers to compare steel, teak and egos.

“Partnering with Alex represents an exciting force multiplier in the evolution of superyacht legal services,” said Antony Cowie, based in Hong Kong.

The firm is chasing the high-end cross-border instructions that live between European yards, Asian buyers, and offshore ownership webs. London remains the preferred global arbitration venue, with Hong Kong still a serious player, which gives the firm’s two-hub model a credible litigation and enforcement runway if deals sour.

Early trade press blurbs are doing the usual warm-up act, but the proposition is clear enough: a lean shop for yacht matters without the BigLaw overhead or bureaucracy tax. The firm can be expected to hoover up referrals from brokers and family offices who prefer a direct line at odd hours and fewer “circling back” emails.