Contessa Marine Research LLC (CMR) is a Delaware limited liability company — Delaware Division of Corporations file no. 5981956, formed June 8, 2021 (registry-verified Sept 19, 2026) — operating from 1000 Brickell Avenue, Suite 715, Miami, Florida per litigation filings. A Florida filing under this exact name does not appear in the Sunbiz index; the Florida document number previously attributed to CMR (L21000423951) belongs to an unrelated entity and has been retracted. CMR is a key litigation actor across four jurisdictions, serving as plaintiff in cases against Starboard Yacht Group (SYG), Joe Seinitz and Erica Stratmann (Delaware Chancery), KJM Marine LLC (DIFC Courts), and as defendant in an admiralty action brought by Seacoast National Bank (S.D. Fla.). CMR's litigation footprint spans Florida state court, Delaware Chancery, the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts, and U.S. federal court.
CMR is connected to Steven Ivankovich, the primary hub actor in the SGH litigation intelligence database. The relationship between CMR and Ivankovich entities (including Neirah and KJI Marina Boats Manufacturing LLC) forms part of an alter-ego analysis supporting veil-piercing theories across multiple dockets. CMR's active international marine commerce through DIFC and Dubai stands in contrast to its claims against SYG in U.S. courts.
Justice Sapna Jhangiani granted an anti-suit injunction restraining KJM Marine from pursuing parallel proceedings in the Dubai Courts. The court found KJM's parallel Dubai claim "vexatious, oppressive and unconscionable" and in breach of the exclusive jurisdiction clause in the JVA. Costs assessed at USD $144,684.78 on an indemnity basis with 9% judgment interest from March 26, 2025.
CMR filed a direct claim against KJM Marine LLC before the DIFC Court of First Instance, heard by Justice Michael Black on June 17, 2026. The ruling has not yet been published on the DIFC Courts judgments database as of July 25, 2026. This case extends the Ivankovich-KJM dispute to CMR as a separate claimant.
The CMR-KJM-Ivankovich dispute forms a three-continent litigation triangle: (1) Florida federal court ($5.4M final judgment against SYG, case closed), (2) Delaware Chancery (CMR v. Seinitz & Stratmann), (3) DIFC Courts Dubai (anti-suit injunction + CMR's direct claim). This pattern supports alter-ego pierce theory across CMR, Neirah, KJI, and Yacht Daddy LLC Cayman.
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