Our aviation lawyers work with airlines, banks and financiers, lessors, manufacturers, insurers, export credit agencies, governments and regulatory bodies on the full range of aviation legal services, including fleet selection programs, partnering arrangements with fellow carriers, travel companies and other third parties, restructurings, competition law compliance and a range of employment issues. We also advise on major aircraft financing and leasing transactions, including acting on significant ‘first-of-their-kind’ matters.

The team’s strength is bolstered by our aviation disputes group, which advises on all aspects of aviation industry disputes including delivery disputes, lease defaults and repossessions, airline passenger claims, risk management and contractual and insurance issues. We also have a truly global footprint which allows our lawyers to serve clients wherever they may need us.

Our Tokyo team advises a wide range of clients including banks, financial institutions, export credit agencies, lessors, trading houses, airlines and investors on aviation finance and leasing. The team has extensive experience of various sorts of aviation businesses related to Japan, including operating leases to Japanese airlines, Japanese operating leases (JOL) and Japanese operating leases with call options (JOLCO) financings, as well as insolvencies and restructurings of airlines.