Our firm provides a single contact point for clients to access expert advice and customized assistance for Superyacht chartering in Spain. Our service includes: client due diligence, SPV formation, Spanish & EU VAT registration, VAT representative, Spanish yacht charter licenses.

We will arrange your fiscal and charter licensing process from A to Z.

We are specialists in tax advisory on yacht matters, covering a range of taxes from VAT and Spanish matriculation tax to  excise duties or corporate tax. Tax always comes into play in almost every facet of a yacht purchase and operation. To avoid surprise losses related to tax, tax advice needs to be sought before. Hence, tax planning is best developed in advance. Our firm can assist to review every single aspect your yacht sale or purchase in Spain. If you are considering relocating to Spain we can handle any tax exemption related with bringing your yacht to Spain. In particular make sure you will not suffer a matriculation tax assessment  (12% of your yacht value).

Assistance with your Spanish customs formalities such as temporary import, voluntary customs bonding, inward relief processing or re-export arrangements. We can help you to make use of the advantageous mechanism existing in Spain to import your yacht into the UE on a depreciate value. We can assist extending your temporary admission status due to COVID-19 or arrange the any customs formality related with Returns good relief.

By working in tandem with the highly experienced marine legal firms we can defend our clients’ interests, both before the courts and in pre-litigation disputes. Building a yacht involves various parties. Ship arrest. Collision, salvage and recoveries. Policy disputes and drafting

We will deal with all the issues of your berth transfer to make sure it meets all the legal requirements according to Spanish legislation. Buying a berth might have an impact on your yacht and a potential tax liability on matriculation tax. Matriculation tax, or the non-harmonised Spanish 'special tax on certain means of transport', is levied at 12% on the value of the yacht. Our firm can assist with appropriate tax planning to minimize the risks stated above, as well as drafting and review of berth contracts and the setup of the necessary vehicles to hold your investment.

We can assist you in every step of registering an ownership corporate structure for holding and protecting your vessel. We offer services for commercial and private yachts and will identify the most suitable jurisdiction for your yacht, taking into account all your personal circumstances. We can arrange ownership structures to comply with registration requirements and arrange the registration process, including items such as classification, survey and marking of the vessel. Our company’s experts will fill all application forms required and manage the whole process with the Ship Registry.

Assistance to yacht owners with the purchase and sale of yachts in order to ensure that the documentary aspects of the transaction are handled correctly.  Consultation, drafting and provision of sale and purchase agreements. Conduct yacht title searches to check against mortgages and any other liens or encumbrances. Conduct checks on good standing of the seller in the case of a corporate structure. Examine and review the yacht’s tax status, ‘VAT Paid’ or matriculation tax status. Escrow services holding any and all client monies until transaction completion.

We offer a professional, customized and quality service focusing on the specific needs and requirements of each owne:  Administration and accounting, Safety & statutory Compliance, Operations management, Technical management. Whether you need consultancy on a new build or refit project our specialists will develop a solution with you. We offer a totally independent, professional and specialized service tailor-made to suit the individual needs of discerning owners, captains and management companies.

• Temporary Admission
• Importation for corporate and private owners
• Importation for AOC holders and charter/commercial operators
• Exportation
• Returned goods

• Tax advisory on VAT in Spain and the EU
• Tax advisory on Spanish Matriculation Tax
• Review of existing ownership arrangements
• Tax advisory on Spanish Transfer Tax in relation to the sale of aircrafts
• Tax advisory on Spanish Capital Gain Tax in relation to the sale of aircrafts
• VAT recovery
• Assistance with obtaining VAT registration/European Operator
• Registration and Identification (EORI), completion and filing of quarterly VAT returns