Transportation: Aviation: Finance
USA Guide 2024 : USA - Nationwide
Band 4
Contact number
+1 202 625 3500About
Provided by Katten
The Aviation team helps clients buy, register, finance and structure the operations of business and commercial aircraft worldwide. We offer fully integrated representation in all types of aviation transactions, including purchase, sale, leasing, financing and insuring, as well as bankruptcy and insolvency matters. We assist with the commercial, legal and tax issues that typically arise in financial transactions in the aviation industry, and our attorneys develop innovative structures involving true leases, loan securitization, enhanced equipment trust certificates, pooled aircraft securitizations, asset preservation, credit enhancement and residual value support.
We represent clients in administrative and regulatory matters before the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation, including applications for charter and other extra-bilateral authority, and we advise Part 135 operators on compliance issues.
Katten attorneys have acted on behalf of clients in commercial litigation in the aviation industry involving maintenance, parts distribution and other related business issues.
Our attorneys are recognized for their ability to resolve international disputes economically with positive results for clients.
Chambers Review
Katten represents an impressive roster of clients including banks, airlines and hedge funds on a range of aviation financing matters. It is skilled in emerging market transactions, aircraft acquisitions and leasing structures. The firm has additional expertise in commercial fleet sales and financing. It is particularly active in bankruptcy and insolvency-related work, in addition to handling aircraft portfolio transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Katten has a very efficient team that moves the process along very swiftly."
"The team are constructive, solution-oriented, really fair and good advocates for their clients."
"Katten has a very efficient team that moves the process along very swiftly."
"The team are constructive, solution-oriented, really fair and good advocates for their clients."
Notable Practitioners
Timothy Lynes typically acts for clients such as banks and aircraft manufacturers on financings.
"Tim is a very notable attorney."