In messy UK divorce case, who will sail away with the £250m superyacht?
Seizing control of the yacht would go a long way towards satisfying a London court’s £450m divorce award in Tatiana Akhmedova’s favour
23 May 2021 - 07:18
At the heart of the largest money fight that London’s divorce courts have ever known sits the Luna — a 115m, nine-deck luxury motor yacht holed up at a berth in a dusty marina in Dubai.
The Luna is the largest and most expensive single asset held by companies linked to oil and gas tycoon Farkhad Akhmedov, who bought the vessel from his fellow billionaire Roman Abramovich. It is also the prized target for Tatiana Akhmedova, Farkhad’s former wife of 21 years. Worth about £250m, seizing control of the yacht would go a long way towards satisfying a London court’s £450m divorce award in her favour...
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