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This complex industry ranges from aviation and aerospace service companies to airlines, charter companies, private operators, manufacturers, aircraft leasing companies and other financial institutions, airports, and governmental agencies. It’s an industry where you want specialists with aviation expertise, access to an experienced multijurisdictional team, and experts on the ground in the places you do business.

Dentons’ lawyers know the aviation industry. We combine global expertise with local knowledge in many areas, including:

Asset-based financing
Joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions
Manufacturing, selling, purchasing and leasing aircraft and equipment
Local and international regulatory regimes and treaties
Navigation issues
Insurance and risk management
Litigation and dispute resolution
Commercial and government contracts
Intellectual property
Aviation claims
Disaster preparation and response (crisis management)

Working together, you get all the skills our lawyers have developed representing leading airlines, manufacturers, aviation service providers, airport developers, lessors, financiers, insurers and regulatory bodies. So wherever you fit within the aviation industry, Dentons can help.

Experience

World-leading aerospace company: Acting for a world-leading aerospace company in connection with various Canadian matters.
City of San Jose: Handling the expansion of San Jose's Norman Mineta Airport, which involved the construction of a second runway and new terminals.
Epic Aviation: Advising with respect to the distribution and sale of aviation fuel and jet fuel to clients across Canada including the Department of National Defence.
Industry Canada: Advising with respect to the Government of Canada’s role as one of the lenders involved in Air Canada’s arrangements to raise CA$1.02 billion in additional liquidity through a series of financings and other transactions.
Major airline: Handling the last major expansion at Philadelphia International Airport, which resulted in the construction of the International Terminal, the Commuter Terminal, and redoing the airport access from I-95. Oversaw the Environmental Impact Statement process under NEPA as well as environmental permitting. Successfully defended the approval in the 3d Circuit.
Major airline: Overseeing the environmental audit of a major airline's operations at all the major US airports it serves.
Various lease financing clients: Advising in various sale-leaseback transactions of aircraft, full flight simulators, and flight training devices with Bombardier Inc. and Bombardier Finance Inc.
Various Lessors: Advising in the insolvency of Canada 3000 in a case that was litigated up to the Supreme Court of Canada concerning statutory joint and several liability and priority issues in relation to statutory aircraft seizure and detention rights of Canada’s navigation and airport authorities.

Recognition

Jiří Tomola interviewed by Ekonom on successful restructuring of Smartwings airline

April 30, 2021

Partner Jiří Tomola, Head of Dentons’ Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice in Prague, participated in an exclusive interview with leading Czech weekly business journal Ekonom. In the in-depth interview, he talks about the successful out-of-court restructuring and CZK 2 billion refinancing which he led for Smartwings, the Czech Republic’s largest airline.

Belgrade Airport Concession Wins IJGlobal European Airports Deal of the Year 2018

March 21, 2019

Belgrade Airport Concession has been awarded the European Airports Deal of the Year 2018 at the IJGlobal’ annual awards ceremony becoming the first Serbian project to have ever been awarded this respected industry award.

Dentons secures 141 individual and 42 practice rankings in Legal 500 US 2017

June 6, 2017

Dentons earned 141 individual and 42 practice rankings in the most recent edition of Legal 500 US 2017, an annual legal directory, which catalogues the nation's best lawyers and law firms based on in-depth research and interviews.

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Insights

EU Council removes barriers to mutual recognition of court decisions in Ukraine and the EU

May 11, 2023

Ukraine: On April 24, 2023, the EU Council consented to applying the Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters in relations with Ukraine.

EU Council removes barriers to mutual recognition of court decisions in Ukraine and the EU (in Ukrainian)

May 11, 2023

The Legal 500: Aviation Finance & Leasing Comparative Guide

February 8, 2023

India: Read the India Chapter for a comprehensive and pragmatic overview of Aviation Finance & Leasing laws and regulations applicable in India contributed by Anand Srivastava (Managing Partner) and Namita Das (Partner) in The Legal 500: Aviation Finance & Leasing Comparative Guide.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Acquisition of Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines by WestJet Airlines Ltd.: Dentons assists Transport Canada in the Government of Canada’s public interest assessment process

May 2, 2023

On May 1, 2023, WestJet Airlines Ltd. announced the completion of its acquisition of Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines.

Dentons HPRP successfully assisted Aercap in an aircraft lease transaction with the first start-up cargo airline in Indonesia

April 12, 2023

Dentons HPRP has successfully assisted Aercap, the world's largest aircraft lessor company in the aviation industry, in an aircraft lease transaction with PT Rusky Aero Indonesia (Raindo United Services) (“PT RAI”), the first start-up cargo airline in Indonesia.

ALB India Law Awards 2023

March 26, 2023

Link Legal (currently Dentons Link Legal) has been recognized as the Aviation Law Firm of the Year at the ALB India Law Awards 2023 by Asian Legal Business.

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