UK Guide 2026 : UK-wide
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Provided by Stephenson Harwood LLP
In our team, we have decades of accumulated experience acting for:
This experience means our aviation specialist lawyers have a 360 degree understanding of how the aviation industry works, and can leverage that knowledge and experience to the benefit of clients without any re-invention of wheels or cost inefficiencies. Our approach is driven by listening to our clients’ commercial objectives, making sure we understand what it is that they want to achieve, within what timeframe, at what cost, and resourcing the job with the right team.
We have extensive experience in all areas of aviation finance and leasing, regularly advising international financiers and lessors on financing and leasing transactions and portfolio management activities.
We also have extensive experience of aviation litigation including all forms of dispute resolution, disputes arising out of operating and finance leases and disputes arising out of termination of leases. We provide regulatory advice and compliance, competition and state aid investigations, merger advice and act on all forms of accidents and incidents.
As well as our core team of aviation specialist lawyers, we offer wider services to our aviation clients through our corporate and commercial, restructuring, IP, employment, pensions, tax, and real estate specialist teams.
Provided by Chambers
Stephenson Harwood is renowned for its ability to handle aviation finance, leasing and aviation litigation matters on a global level. The team is particularly well known for its accomplished representation in international arbitration. Its lawyers maintain strong relationships with a number of key airlines, and also have experience of representing major banks and aircraft lessors. Regulatory advice is another strength of the group.
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Stephenson Harwood acted for Jet2.com in a dispute against Mastercard and Visa regarding losses due to unlawful multilateral interchange fees.
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Stephenson Harwood is really good. The firm is very practical and good at providing thoughts. The team is proactive, approachable and I would highly recommend them.
Its ability to assist the client in sophisticated and complex negotiations results in a commercial result which exceeds our expectations.
The firm is extremely flexible, agile, extremely client-focused and the practitioners also really nice. I have always been struck by their agility as a team; they can turn things around very quickly.
They are comprehensive, methodical, provide a very good and thorough service and take ownership of the transaction as much as possible.
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Johnny has been responsive and truly up to speed with the industry sector issues.
Johnny helps on cases heavily based on figures. He is a very strong practitioner and is very pleasant to deal with.
Johnny really understands technically difficult cases.
Aviation: Dispute Resolution
Provided by Stephenson Harwood LLP
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