Max Karpis(@maxkarpis):Nik Storonsky tells the High Court he doesn’t owe the yacht broker a cent Storonsky has filed his defence. The short version: he says Cecil Wright & Partners is not getting €17.5 million. @Siftedeu's Freya Pratty and Maya Dharampal-Hornby broke it today: off-court papers lodged in London last week. Storonsky denies he owes the broker anything on the €350m Lürssen he bought earlier this year. The new filings are more interesting than the denial. Price talks ran over WhatsApp for about ten days. The number bounced between €305m and €350m. When the Brazilian owner in the middle of the chain got arrested and the boat snapped back to its previous owner, Storonsky’s side found out who that previous owner was by asking ChatGPT.

2026.09.15 18:31

Nik Storonsky tells the High Court he doesn’t owe the yacht broker a cent Storonsky has filed his defence. The short version: he says Cecil Wright & Partners is not getting €17.5 million. @Siftedeu's Freya Pratty and Maya Dharampal-Hornby broke it today: off-court papers lodged in London last week. Storonsky denies he owes the broker anything on the €350m Lürssen he bought earlier this year. The new filings are more interesting than the denial. Price talks ran over WhatsApp for about ten days. The number bounced between €305m and €350m. When the Brazilian owner in the middle of the chain got arrested and the boat snapped back to its previous owner, Storonsky’s side found out who that previous owner was by asking ChatGPT.

Max Karpis@maxkarpis

2026.08.04 06:40

Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky sued by top luxury yacht broker for not paying 5% commission for €350mn superyacht Nixie. Cecil Wright alleges that Nik went "behind its back" to avoid paying €17.5M commission. Storonsky's family office approached the luxury broker in October 2024 to help build a yacht. Cecil Wright claims that it suggested Storonsky buy the 102-metre boat, which was then being built by German superyacht yard Lürssen. The yacht built by Lürssen features a distinctive 25-foot (≈6 m) semi-suspended glass-bottom infinity pool, a large beach club, and a gym with a cryotherapy chamber. In January 2026, Storonsky's adviser told Cecil-Wright founder Chris that Storonsky had bought it directly from the seller, Canadian businessman and former ice hockey player Patrick Dovigi. Sources: FT; image: Boat International, other.

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