Revolut founder accused of hatching a ‘scheme’ to avoid fees in superyacht row

The billionaire founder of Revolut has been accused of hatching a “scheme” to avoid paying brokerage fees in a row over a superyacht said to cost €350m. In new legal filings, seen by City AM, Nik Storonsky is accused by a luxury superyacht broker of “secretly negotiating” to buy the vessel “behind the back” of the company. Cecil Wright Partners (CWP) claims the fintech chief sidelined the company by entering direct talks with the yacht s owner, even while an aide was actively liaising with brokers. The firm accuses Storonsky’s representative, Alexander Chapchaev, of stringing the firm along with calls to discuss “next steps” while a direct deal was being hammered out behind the scenes. In the new filing, which labelled Storonsky s defence as lengthy and repetitive , CWP alleges the Revolut founder’s camp continued pretending to the claimant that the defendant was not secretly negotiating behind the Claimant s back as part of a scheme to try to cut the Claimant out of