Zayba Drabu
UK Guide 2025
Up and Coming : Aviation: Dispute Resolution
Up and Coming
About
Provided by Zayba Drabu
Practice Areas
Zayba Drabu is a litigation and dispute resolution lawyer based in London.
Zayba has a varied aviation practice and primarily represents lessors and banks in asset finance-related disputes and matters including the delivery and delay of aircraft, contractual terms, maintenance obligations, defaults, redelivery obligations under aircraft leases and termination.
Zayba also has experience of international arbitration matters and cross-border contractual disputes. She has advised on claims and defences under the arbitration rules of the major arbitrational institutions, including the LCIA, ICC and LMAA. She also has experience of non-contentious matters, including coordinating and advising on multijurisdictional legal regulatory reviews, advising on aviation regulatory issues and drafting and negotiating various contracts.
Chambers Review
UK
Zayba Drabu has a wide-ranging aviation litigation practice, acting on asset repossession and lease termination disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Zayba Drabu is insightful, analytical, creative and thinks logically about issues, which has us a few steps ahead at all times."
"She is responsive, efficient and commercially minded."
"Zayba is very tenacious, with tremendous attention to detail and clear thinking."
"Zayba Drabu is insightful, analytical, creative and thinks logically about issues, which has us a few steps ahead at all times."
"She is responsive, efficient and commercially minded."
"Zayba is very tenacious, with tremendous attention to detail and clear thinking."