PG Legal’s Yachting Team at the Monaco Yacht Show 2025

PG Legal is excited to announce that our Yachting Team will be attending the Monaco Yacht Show (MYS) 2025, taking place from 24 to 27 September.

Throughout the show, Gianfranco Puopolo, Lucilla Margherita, and Sara Yazdani will be delighted to welcome clients, friends, and industry partners at the Monaco Cluster of Yachting Lounge – Yacht Club de Monaco, daily from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM.

The event will kick off on 24 September with the highly anticipated SuperYacht Law Summit, where leading experts will share insights on a range of topics, including global market changes and their legal implications, strategies for resolving brokerage and commission disputes, evolving approaches to shipbuilding contracts, perspectives from flag authorities, and key safety and legal issues currently shaping the industry. PG Legal is proud to sponsor this prestigious conference, and Gianfranco Puopolo will be a featured speaker, presenting on “Nonrefundable Deposits & Cost Pass-throughs.”

The programme is the following:

8:00 – 8:55

 

8:55 – 9:00

 

Check-In & Breakfast

 

WELCOME: Umberto Bonavita Robert Allen Law

 

9:00 – 9:30

 

AMERICAN YACHT REVOLUTION: Tariffs and Bonus Depreciation

 

Mod: Umberto Bonavita 

Robb Maass, Alley Maass

Richard Lambert, Burgess

9:30– 10:00

 

ULTIMATE FIGHTS: When Two Selling Brokers Claim a Commission

 

Mod: Jay Tooker, HFW

Vy-Loan Olivieri, Stream

Bob Allen, Robert Allen Law

10:00 – 10:30

 

YOU WANT TO PLAY? ANTE UP!  Nonrefundable Deposits & Cost Pass-throughs Mod: Gianfranco Puopolo, PG Legal 

Georgia Agu, Azimut-Benetti

Tony Allen, Hill Dickinson

Frank Grzeszczak, Jr., FGI Yacht Group

 

10:30 – 10:35

 

10:35 – 11:00

 

Mercy Ships Presentation

 

Break

 

Bryce Wagner, Mercy Ships

 

11:00 – 11:30

 

 

 

 

DEVIL IN THE DETAILS: Ask the Registries

 

Mod: David Maass, Alley Maass

Jo Assael, Marshall Islands

Peter Southgate, Cayman Islands

Mark Savona, Malta

 

11:30 – 12:00

 

 

 

ISSUES TOO HOT TO HANDLE: Transportation Fraud and 

Sexual Assault

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mod: Richie Blake, Dohle Yachts

Nick Zeher, Robert Allen Law

Michael Moore, Moore & Co.

Laura Sherrod, Newcoast

 

 

We look forward to meeting you in Monaco to exchange ideas, explore new opportunities, and celebrate the innovations driving the future of the yachting industry.