As Burgess celebrates ‘45 Years of Progress’ since it was founded by Nigel Burgess in 1975, the company’s 14 offices around the world are set to honour the landmark with local events in their own markets.
Now with more than 220 full-time staff, the superyacht specialist has much to celebrate, describing itself as ‘the global leader in brokerage, charter, management and new build advisory for large yachts from 30m/100ft’.
Yet 2020 also marks a shorter-but-still-significant landmark for the company’s Asia operation, which is marking its fifth anniversary since it was founded by Jean-Marc Poullet in Singapore. It also has good reason to celebrate.
Since 2015, the Asia team have completed 12 brokerage transactions ranging in size from the 21.1m Azimut 70 Lady Renee to the 85m Lurssen Areti, and even including two deals for the 58.2m J’Ade, built by Ferretti Group’s CRN shipyard. Burgess represented the buyers in 10 of the 12 transactions.
Four Amels – the 55m Papa launched in 2019, 60m Event, 67.5m Infinite Shades and 68.5m Lady E (Lady S before its 2018 purchase) – were also brokered, along with the 51m Codecasa Atlas, 49.1m Trinity Lohengrin, 35.4m Pershing 115 Carcharias and 30.4m Couach-built Hummingbird.
Poullet, Burgess’ Chairman Asia, is pleased with his team’s achievements, which are setting the bar for international brokerage houses operating in the region and helped them win Best Asia-based Brokerage Company (International) at the Christofle Yacht Style Awards in both 2018 and 2019.
“Globally and in Asia, we offer the full suite of superyacht services – brokerage, management, charter and new build advisory – and Burgess is a market leader in each sector,” says Poullet, who has been based in Asia since 1993.
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