---
title: "MARINE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/511e699c-e464-529a-b4e1-5226adf55954
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/511e699c-e464-529a-b4e1-5226adf55954
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03221664
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# MARINE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03221664`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/511e699c-e464-529a-b4e1-5226adf55954  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/511e699c-e464-529a-b4e1-5226adf55954  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **V SHIPS UK GROUP LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b521f53c-34f1-578a-8250-ecf94bff6d54
- **V SHIPS UK GROUP LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b521f53c-34f1-578a-8250-ecf94bff6d54

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **8-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `03221664`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1996-07-08
- **Registered office:** 1st Floor 6 New Bridge Street, London, EC4V 6AB, England
- **SIC:** 69102

### Officers

- GARDNER, Rebecca — director · British · appointed 2023-06-20
- BARKER, Andrew Nicholas — secretary · British · appointed 1996-07-08 · resigned 2002-09-30
- EDWARDS, Christopher Digby Korman — secretary · British · appointed 2002-09-30 · resigned 2007-12-03
- GRIMASON, Deborah — secretary · appointed 2018-09-25 · resigned 2021-12-01
- NAYLOR, Philip — secretary · British · appointed 2007-12-03 · resigned 2015-02-13
- QUADROS DE SOUSA E COSTA, Dora — secretary · appointed 2021-12-01 · resigned 2025-12-23
- VALLANCE, Ian — secretary · British · appointed 2015-02-13 · resigned 2018-09-25
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1996-07-08 · resigned 1996-07-08
- BARKER, Andrew Nicholas — director · British · appointed 1996-07-08 · resigned 2002-09-30
- BRAND, David — director · British · appointed 2002-09-30 · resigned 2016-10-13
- BROWN, Stephen Craig — director · British · appointed 2007-12-03 · resigned 2021-12-31
- EDWARDS, Christopher Digby Korman — director · British · appointed 1996-07-08 · resigned 2007-12-03
- GRIMASON, Deborah — director · British · appointed 2019-08-16 · resigned 2021-12-17
- QUADROS DE SOUSA ECOSTA, Dora — director · Portuguese,British · appointed 2021-12-01 · resigned 2025-12-23
- VALLANCE, Ian — director · British · appointed 2016-10-13 · resigned 2019-08-16

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [V.Ships Uk Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b521f53c-34f1-578a-8250-ecf94bff6d54) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03221664
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03221664

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **MARINE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/511e699c-e464-529a-b4e1-5226adf55954 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MARINE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/511e699c-e464-529a-b4e1-5226adf55954 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/511e699c-e464-529a-b4e1-5226adf55954._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._