Aviation

As established aviation industry experts, Hill Dickinson provides commercial legal advice on all areas relevant to the highly-regulated aerospace sector and on the sale, purchase and financing of corporate and private aircraft.

Our clients include manufacturers of aircraft, engines and components, airport operators, private and commercial aircraft operators, Maintenance Repair Organisations (MROs), insurers, financial institutions, corporate owners and private individuals operating, acquiring or disposing of fixed wing aircraft and helicopters.

With strong roots in the transport sector, Hill Dickinson understands the specialist legal and commercial needs of the aerospace industry.  As a market leader in providers of advice to high net worth individuals (for yachts, property and other assets) we are also well placed to provide private clients and their advisors with a service to suit their individual requirements whether they are experienced aircraft owners or are acquiring or disposing of an aircraft for the first time.

Aviation legal services

• Aircraft acquisition and registration
• Sale of Aircraft
• Leasing and chartering arrangements
• Financing and security agreements
• Aircraft management and operating agreements
• Commercial law
• Corporate finance
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Property
• Regulatory

Aviation experience

• Members of the aviation team have advised on matters including:
• Acting for owner/borrower/sellers on the purchase, sale, financing and/or management arrangements of various new and previously owned aircraft and helicopters (including Global Express XRSs, Gulfstreams, Lear Jet, Cessna, King Air, Eurocopter and Agusta helicopters)
• Acting for UK-based and international airlines in the leasing of commercial aircraft
• Acting for lessors in the return off lease and onward sale of a fleet of Boeing 747 passenger aircraft
• Acting for an airline in the sale of Boeing 767ER aircraft
• Acting for lessors in the leasing of aircraft and aero engines to UK-based and international airlines
• Acting for a UK-based airline in reviewing and revising its terms and conditions for online sales
• Conducting due diligence for an investment into an aircraft leasing company
• Aircraft management and operating agreements
• Achieving a successful Court of Appeal decision in favour of Durham Tees Valley Airport against bmibaby for breach of contract

For further advice on our capabilities or if you have any related enquiries please contact one of the key contracts referred to below. Please also see attached our At-a-Glance to Aircraft Sale, Purchase and Financing which summarises some of the principal issues for buyers and sellers of aircraft for corporate and private use.