Sharing your passion & working your way & in for the long haul & across the whole industry & crossing the globe & touching the metal & helping you to fly
We have practical, hands on experience of working within the aviation industry including advising airlines, lessors, financiers, aircraft manufacturers, groundhandlers, airports, MROs, freight forwarders, insurers, tour operators and travel agents around the world.
Strength in Breadth and Depth
Our mission is to combine our wide knowledge of the aviation sector and our legal expertise to develop commercial solutions that make business sense.
What unites our specialist team across our 29 offices worldwide is a genuine passion and enthusiasm for the industry.
We take pride in helping our clients to reach commercial, workable solutions across a wide range of transactions and ventures, at the cutting-edge of business and legal developments.
We provide advice on:
We can advise on just about every agreement, transaction, regulatory issue or type of dispute that the industry presents. Our aviation clients also turn to us for support on corporate transactions, employment, tax and intellectual property (IP) issues.
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Adoption of EU screening mechanism for foreign direct investments
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International law firm Bird & Bird appoints two new partners in Paris, expanding its Aviation, Space & Defence and Corporate capabilities.
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Bidding for MoD defence contracts is an expensive and challenging exercise for bidders, particularly if you are less familiar with the process.
Our next #UAS roundtable event is in London on 26 June - exploring the #Uspace, UTM integrating with air traffic co… https://t.co/5l0LKmjRSw
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