Aviation

Rising above challenges with legal precision to seize opportunities across the industry.

Our lawyers work seamlessly across practices and geographies to overcome challenges in aircraft purchases, sales, leasing, and financing transactions, commercial and technology contracts, tax, regulatory compliance, labor and employment relations, litigation, and ESG considerations for a range of industry constituents. We have a command of the practical application of global legal and regulatory systems—grounded in business savvy that supports our clients’ objectives worldwide.

Our aviation team is valued by clients for its collaborative, cross-practice approach to problem-solving and strategic planning—offering commercially sensible, legally sound, and mission-critical legal solutions. Our aviation industry fluency reaches across Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, North America, Africa, and Central and South America. Clients benefit from our decades of active industry participation, multijurisdictional experience, and key relationships forged through our participation in aviation-focused professional associations.

We serve international, regional, full-service, and low-cost airlines; cargo carriers and air taxi companies; airports and operators; investors, financial institutions, and lessors; aircraft and engine manufacturers and aviation service providers; and corporations, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and aircraft operators. Our team delivers tactical, actionable guidance that addresses the legal risks of immediate and long-term goals involving:

  • Aircraft purchases, sales, leasing, and financing transactions
  • Aviation-specific commercial and technology contracts
  • General and aviation-focused regulatory counsel
  • Litigation and international dispute resolution
  • Aviation-specific labor and employment issues
  • Technology and cybersecurity
  • Restructuring and insolvency

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Investors, Lessors, Financial Institutions, Airlines, Operators, Aircraft & Aircraft Engine Manufacturers

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