Transportation: Aviation
Canada Guide 2025 : Nationwide - Canada
Band 3
Contact number
+1 604 687 6575About
Provided by Norton Rose Fulbright
Our Canadian Transportation lawyers, and especially its aviation finance and shipping groups, are leaders in all modes of transportation. Their experience extends into logistics, intermodal transportation, warehousing, ports and terminals.
Our lawyers handle commercial work, regulatory advice and dispute resolution for participants in the transportation industry and also provide emergency casualty response. Our clients include ship owners and operators, banks, P&I Clubs and other insurers, shipyards, terminals, railways, airlines, aircraft manufacturers, trucking companies, freight forwarders and logistics providers.
Chambers Review
Norton Rose Fulbright is an international firm that excels in shipping and is increasingly present on aviation matters in Canada. On the maritime front, the firm has a strong tradition of handling ship building, financing and acquisition, marine insurance, cargo claims and pollution matters, offering additional expertise in environmental and pollution mandates. It regularly represents ship owners, terminal operators, shipyards, insurers, banks and government entities. The aviation group is renowned for acting for major Canadian airlines, aircraft manufacturers, financial institutions and airport authorities on transactional matters, including asset financing and leasing. It also provides guidance to aviation stakeholders on product liability, insurance and general litigation.
Notable Practitioners
Shelley Chapelski has considerable marine liability and insurance experience, and acts for a broad range of vessel owners, insurers and P&I clubs. Based in Vancouver, she heads Norton Rose Fulbright's transport group in Canada.
"She is a strong lawyer and one of the main maritime-focused people in Vancouver."
"Shelley is very well known in the industry."