Aviation

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Our aviation experts advise on the complex, cross-border commercial issues that define this changing sector.

As the world’s appetite for air travel is on hold, the challenge for the aviation industry is to uncover and extract value in the face of ever more competition for passengers. Our team of dedicated aviation lawyers can help you achieve your commercial objectives in the most complex matters with innovative thinking and a comprehensive range of legal services, combining finance, tax, corporate and M&A, restructuring & insolvency, regulatory, real estate and dispute resolution.

Our insight, depth and breadth of knowledge across all segments of the aviation industry attract a diverse set of clients from across the world, including banks and financial institutions, funds and investors, export credit agencies, aircraft and engine leasing companies, airlines, airports and manufacturers.

With more than 35 years’ experience, we are ahead of the curve with developments in the aviation sector, especially in our role as advisers to the Aviation Working Group on its Global Aviation Trading System (GATS) and environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiative.

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Covid-19 Aviation Restructuring Report 2.0

Airlines across the globe continue to fight for their survival in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis. In our highly regarded report, we explore the restructuring trends that have emerged and some significant changes to legislation in the UK. Now in its second edition, the report also incorporates a valuable table comparing the key features of a UK scheme of arrangement, a UK restructuring plan and the US’s Chapter 11 rehabilitation procedure, as well as case studies on the restructurings of Virgin Atlantic Airways and Malaysian Airlines Berhad.

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    Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 199

    In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we discuss maritime salvage and termination in a chain of charters, conclusive evidence provisions in construction and injunctions in aviation leasing.

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    Asia’s first specialised mediation framework for aviation

    In this update, we discuss a new memorandum of understanding for a first-of-its-kind specialised mediation framework for the aviation industry in Asia, signed by the Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation (“CAA”) and Singapore International Mediation Centre (“SIMC”).

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    Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 198

    In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider two cases of interpretation of aviation leases, as well as jurisdiction challenges to an arbitration award and provisions for renewal of business tenancies.

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