Linda Roxburgh
Partner
Linda is a leading shipping and offshore expert, renowned for her strategic guidance in complex yacht and superyacht transactions.
Partner
Linda is a leading shipping and offshore expert, renowned for her strategic guidance in complex yacht and superyacht transactions.
Language - English
Jurisdiction - England & Wales
Linda Roxburgh is a Partner at Stephenson Harwood, specialising in shipping and offshore work with a particular focus on yachts and superyachts. Her extensive experience includes structured financings, construction and conversion/refit contracts, charters and sale and purchase agreements, making her a go-to advisor for banks and other financiers, project companies and vessel owners in both the commercial shipping and the yacht and superyacht spheres. Linda's clients benefit from her ability to draw on her wide experience to anticipate potential issues and to navigate smoothly through intricate transactions.
Linda's expertise in transactional yachting covers everything from negotiating transactions based on the industry standard forms to bespoke agreements tailored to specific projects. Her work with owners, designers, and project managers amongst others highlights her comprehensive understanding of the industry, allowing her to deliver solutions that align with her clients' visions and objectives.
Clients appreciate Linda's calm and pragmatic approach, responsiveness and commercial acumen, making her an invaluable asset in high-stakes deals. Her reputation for solving complex challenges efficiently sets her apart, enabling her to protect her clients' interests in a transaction, with a minimum of fuss.
Yachts & Superyachts
Advising the owner of a 105m yacht on the purchase, extensive refit and eventual sale of the yacht.
Supply Vessel
Advising the owner in relation to the purchase of a platform supply vessel and the subsequent agreement to convert the vessel into a luxury explorer yacht.
Yachts & Superyachts
Advising the owner in relation to the entry into a construction contract with a North European yard for an 80m yacht.
Yachts & Superyachts
Advising the project manager in relation to their contract for the design and construction of a very large yacht.
Yamal LNG, Arctic 2 LNG and Arctic Transshipment
Advising the project companies in relation to the construction and chartering and terminal use agreements as applicable of 15 unique ARC 7 LNG Carriers, plus two ARC 7 condensate carriers and up to six conventional LNG carriers with Chinese, Korean and Finnish shipyards and four shipowners, as well as up to 15 ARC 7 ice class carriers to be constructed by Zvezda shipyard in Russia, and two FSUs.
German LNG company
Advising the project company in connection with the chartering of two FSRUs, numerous shuttle tankers and an FSU for use in Germany, including the interface with the TUA and numerous ancillary issues.
Private equity firm
Advising a PE firm in relation to its proposed investment in a Norwegian shipowner, including review of all material vessel contracts and advising on the shipping / English law aspects of the SPA an JV agreement.
Greek shipowner
Advising the owner on the conversion of an LNGC into an FSRU including reviewing and negotiating the conversion contract with a Korean shipyard.
