We advise airlines, aircraft stakeholders, aviation service providers and maintenance organisations on aircraft transactions, leasing, operations, regulatory matters, aviation infrastructure and disputes. The areas below reflect our experience across the legal, commercial and operational aspects of the aviation industry.

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Aviation Corporate & Governance Matters

• Airline establishment and investment

• Aviation shareholding structures

• Board and management authority

• AOC-related corporate requirements

• Aircraft-transaction approvals

• Material contract approval frameworks

• Aviation subsidiaries and cross-border structures

• Governance of operational and financial decisions

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Aircraft Transactions

• Aircraft and engine acquisitions and disposals

• Transaction term sheets

• Sale and purchase documentation

• Delivery and acceptance arrangements

• Corporate approvals and authority

• Registration and deregistration

• Security, mortgage and release documentation

• Turkish-law transaction opinions

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Aircraft Leasing, ACMI & Charter

• Dry and finance leases

• Lease amendments and extensions

• Lease termination and redelivery

• Operational and regulatory approvals

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Airline Operations & Commercial Arrangements

• Wet lease and ACMI arrangements

• Charter agreements

• Operational cooperation agreements

• Representation and agency agreements

• Catering and service arrangements

• Operational support contracts

• General terms and standard agreements

• Contractual allocation of operational risk

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Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul

• Base and line-maintenance agreements

• Engine and component support

• Workshop and repair arrangements

• Maintenance warranties and performance

• Defects and technical non-conformity

• Maintenance-related losses

• Training and licensed personnel arrangements

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Airports, Facilities & Aviation Services

• Airport land allocation and leasing

• Hangar and maintenance-facility projects

• Airport concession and tender matters

• Airport operating and working permissions

• Ground Handling & IATA Agreements

• Customs and bonded operations

• Disputes with airport and public authorities

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Aviation Regulation

• Airline and operator licensing

• Aircraft registration and deregistration

• Ownership and control

• Operational permissions

• Civil-aviation authority correspondence

• Maintenance-organisation requirements

• Passenger-rights compliance

• Regulatory change and implementation

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Aviation Compliance & Sanctions

• International sanctions assessments

• Route and destination risk

• Aircraft and component restrictions

• Counterparty and bank screening

• Service-provider screening

• KYC requirements

• Payment structures

• Internal operational controls

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Passenger, Baggage & Cargo

• Compliance

• Delay and cancellation claims

• Denied boarding

• Baggage and cargo liability

• Conditions of carriage

• Complaint-management processes

• Portfolio-based passenger disputes​