Aviation Industry UAE

/Aviation Industry UAE

We also advise on regulatory and commercial issues, business jet acquisition, fleet renewal and asset-based financing, reputation, criminal sanctions, aviation contract work, corporate governance, crisis management, strategic safety and brand reputation issues including insurance and reinsurance liability and subrogation work as well as coverage. Our client base includes airlines, operators regulators, manufacturers, airports and their trade bodies, insurers, reinsurers and insurance trade associations .We offer our clients extensive assistance in negotiating and drafting aircraft financing, sale and purchase arrangements, operating leases, wet and dry lease, joint venture agreements, general operations agreements, air alliance agreements and code sharing agreements.

We are also experienced in attending aircraft registration, advising on international air law and regulatory issues, and representing clients in litigation of disputes concerning all aspects of air transport. In addition, we provide our clients with legal analysis of the latest aviation-related laws, international conventions and treaties, as well as assessment of the potential impact of these developments on their current business practices. We are experienced in legal issues relating to airports, including airport operations, airport restructuring, air traffic control, ground handling, customer complaints, crisis and reputation planning and management. Our experience also extends to issues of crisis and reputation planning and management, death, injury and property damage, claims for loss or damage to cargo, brand protection, distribution and reservation systems, package holiday and e-trade, flight delay and cancellation, customer complaints, frequent flier programs.

Our Expertise

  • Aircraft Management Agreements
  • Tripartite Agreements
  • Aircraft Lease Agreements
  • Lessee Deed of Assignments
  • Lease Amendment Agreements
  • Repossession of aircraft
  • Operator Deed of Assignments
  • Irrevocable power of attorney for de-registration and exporting the Aircraft (IDERA) Aircraft finance and leasing
  • Pooling of engines and spares
  • Aviation Insurance
  • Business Jets and VLAs
  • Aviation Corporate Advice
  • Sale, purchase and finance of assets
  • Operating leases
  • The liabilities of aircraft operators in the UAE under the Commercial Transactions Law, Number 18 of 1993, are similar to (but not identical to those encompassed in the Montreal Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage (“Convention”). Those countries that are signatory to the Convention are obliged under Article 50 to ensure that air carriers are adequately insured to cover the liabilities under the Convention. In the UAE, Article 7)6) of the Civil Aviation Act, Number 20 of 1991 also provides a requirement for aircraft operating in or over UAE airspace to hold adequate insurance in respect of ground injury. We specialize in the field of Airlines Insurance Cases and Compliance with the UAE Aviation Law.