Justin Turner

Justin heads the transactional/non-contentious team at CDG and specialises in shipbuilding, conversion, refit and repair issues, acting for shipowners, offshore contractors and shipyards.  He is routinely involved with the negotiation, drafting and related contract management of shipbuilding and conversion contracts for most vessel types, including highly specialised vessels such as offshore units, LNG carriers, warships and large superyachts, frequently accompanying clients abroad for contract negotiations. He has particular experience of large superyacht construction  and refit contracts and has advised in relation to some of the most prominent superyacht projects in recent years.

Justin works closely with clients' marine operations and technical management departments and advises on a broad range of resulting issues, including ship management agreements, the sale and purchase of second-hand tonnage and vessel demolition, chartering, vessel deployment, and ship registration and deletion from all the major registries. He also has experience of public international law issues involving maritime matters, including freedom of navigation issues.

Justin is the author of the chapter on English shipbuilding law in the book Getting the Deal Through - Shipbuilding, part of a series of legal publications that provides comparitive analysis of legal topics across a number of relevant jurisdictions including Norway, Holland, Germany, Brazil, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and China. He has also written widely on marine construction and refit topics for a range of publications, including Lloyd’s List, Superyacht Business and Maritime Risk International and has lectured on risk management in shipbuilding projects and on superyacht refit/conversion projects, also featuring on the UK Ship Register’s website video/dvd in relation to registration issues.