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Dentons Link Legal

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Dentons Link Legal has extensive experience advising airlines, aircraft lessors, financial institutions, investors, airports and other stakeholders across the aviation sector. The Firm advises on aircraft acquisition, financing and leasing, including operating leases, sale and leaseback transactions, refinancing and cross-border structures, as well as aircraft registration, repossession and regulatory matters. The practice also covers airport development and operations, aviation-related commercial contracts, regulatory and compliance issues, and disputes arising from aircraft leasing, financing and airport and infrastructure projects. The team combines sector-specific regulatory knowledge with expertise in banking and finance, projects, real estate, corporate transactions and dispute resolution to provide integrated advice across the aviation lifecycle.

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Aviation - India

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Dentons Link Legal is recognised in the Indian market for its strong expertise in major airport developments, including bidding processes and project development. It also advises leading Indian airlines such as SpiceJet on high-value transactions, including acquisitions and disinvestments. Its practice additionally includes complex regulatory, insolvency and competition law disputes in this sector, including arbitration. Link Legal has offices across India, with particular strength for aviation matters out of Delhi.

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Work Highlights

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  • Dentons Link Legal represented Delhi International Airport in a petition filed against Union of India, Delhi Cantonment Board and others, wherein the client challenged the constitutional validity of Section 73 of the Cantonments Act, 2006.

Strengths

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  • Dentons always brings a strong team with significant experience. They understand the details of the agreements we are working with. Their strengths are speed of replies, knowledge and expertise.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Atul Sharma
    Atul Sharma

    Atul Sharma

    Atul Sharma is highly respected for his handling of a full range of aviation matters, with particular expertise in regulatory work and related disputes. He is based in Delhi.

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  • Anand Srivastava
    Anand Srivastava

    Anand Srivastava

    Anand Srivastava, managing partner of Dentons Link Legal, is based in the firm's Delhi office and is capable of handling a range of transactional, regulatory and contentious matters in India's aviation sector. He represents Indian airline SpiceJet in a wide array of legal issues, and is especially skilled at handling sale and leaseback matters.

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