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Aviation lawyers

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LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE

Enabling us to work as a cohesive global team.

World leading specialist Aviation lawyers

Our global aviation team is among the best in the world, having been at the forefront of legal developments in the aviation sector for over four decades.

Our expert lawyers provide a full spectrum of legal services to the aviation industry, including dispute resolution, aviation finance, commercial, regulatory and competition.

Whatever the instruction, we bring our experience, regional insight, true sector knowledge and passion for what we do.

This is an outstanding aviation practice that has real strength in depth across all fields in the sector.

Legal 500 UK 2024 – Transport: Aviation

Recognised industry leaders

We deliver a first-class, client-focussed service that continually sees our aviation team ranked at the top of independent legal directory The Legal 500.

Our team is strategically positioned across our network of international offices in London, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. We pride ourselves on working collaboratively, as a cohesive global team.

OUR EXPERIENCE IN Aerospace

Our aviation team is recognised internationally for dealing with some of the highest profile matters in the industry.

HFW are the appointed lawyers on the global liability policies of numerous international airlines and handle all their day-to-day claims work.

Advised a major international leasing company on the complex purchase agreement, pre delivery finance and leasing arrangements for 20 A330neo aircraft for operation by a Malaysian airline.

Advised numerous international airlines globally on the regulatory aspects of establishing new routes.

Advised a major Middle East airline and its insurers following the total loss of a B737 aircraft in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

Advised a syndicate of conventional and Islamic banks on the unwind and refinancing of 8 Boeing 787 aircraft operated by a GCC flag carrier.

Represented a provider of in-flight passenger communications services in connection with regulatory and commercial arrangements to allow the use of mobiles on board aircraft.

Advised a major African airline and its insurers following the total loss of an Embraer E190 aircraft in Namibia.

Advised a leading PRC lessor in connection with its acquisition of 4 aircraft on lease to two US airlines, and the associated JOLCO financing of such aircraft.

Advised numerous major airlines in the Middle East and Asia on compliance with Package Travel Regulations in the EU.

Advised Thai owner/operator and its insurers following high profile total loss of an Agusta 169 helicopter in the UK which resulted in 5 fatalities. HFW handled settlement of Thai passenger claims and advising Insurers in relation to recovery prospects against manufacturer.

Advised a major flag carrier on a French Lease Financing supported by IFLI insurance cover and reinsured by ITASCA Re for the purchase of three Airbus A321NEO. This transaction was awarded “Supported Finance Deal of the Year” at the Airline Economics Awards in Dublin in January 2024.

Advised a leading technology multinational on a major regulatory project to obtain overflight rights for airborne mobile network stations across Africa.

Advised in connection with every major aviation crash in Brazil in the past 20 years.

Advised a major Asian aircraft lessor on the Tianjin free trade zone restructuring of five Boeing aircraft on lease to a Chinese airline.

Advised major international airlines in Asia and the EU in relation to the establishment of new subsidiary carriers, new operations and new routes and providing specialist aviation regulatory input in relation to the merger of two major European carriers.