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Featured Articles: Aviation

"National carriers" - The Last Frontier

John Balfour

It is an astonishing paradox that the industry in the forefront of promoting international commerce and integration should be subject to antiquated rules that hinder cross-border investment and expansion.

Roundtable: Aviation

We bring together three of the world's leading aviation lawyers to discuss increased regulations, industry optimism, areas of activity and dealing with aviation accidents.

US Department of Transportation Issues Consumer-Friendly Interpretation of Montreal Convention Liability Limitation in Respect of Baggage

Rod Margo

Rod Margo

Air carriers frequently seek to limit their exposure to liability for loss of, or damage to, cargo and baggage by including in their tariffs and conditions of carriage a provision to the effect that the carriage of certain items such as jewellery, electronics, and other high-value or fragile items is prohibited.

EU Air Passenger Rights - Focus on Regulation 261/2004

John Balfour - Clyde & Co LLP

John Balfour

One of the most highly regarded aviation lawyers in the world gives his insight on European Union regulations pertaining to airline passengers, covering extraordinary circumstances, delays and cancellations.

Roundtable: Aviation

The International Who’s Who of Aviation Lawyers has brought together four of the world’s leading practitioners to discuss key issues facing lawyers today.

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Analysis: Aviation

Research Trends and Conclusions: Aviation 2011

With the benefit of over 14 years of research and thousands of votes from clients and private practitioners, Who’s Who Legal takes a closer look at developing trends in the aviation legal marketplace worldwide.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Aviation 2011

We analyse the findings of our research and profile the leading firms and individuals in international aviation law.

Research Trends and Conclusions: Aviation 2010

Richard Noakes

The global recession has caused a considerable shift in the aviation industry. Previous recessions in 1991 and 2001 have made the aviation sector resilient but it has not been able to avoid substantial losses as a result of the more recent downturn.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Aviation 2010

This edition features 382 exceptional aviation lawyers from around the world specialising in contentious, regulatory and commercial matters.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: CIS 2010 - Aviation & Shipping

Our research identifies 12 leading lawyers in the field of shipping and aviation within the CIS region, with Russia and Ukraine best represented.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: California 2009 - Aviation

According to state government figures, the aviation industry contributes $111 billion to the Californian economy each year and is one of the most significant employers in the Pacific Coast region.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Argentina 2008 - Aviation

After coming close to bankruptcy in 2001, Argentina's Aerolineas airline was nationalised earlier this year: a move that emphasises the importance government attaches to a stable aviation industry in the region.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Texas 2008 - Aviation

The aviation industry is encountering difficult times. Instability in the financial markets, increasing fuel costs and a dip in consumer spending have seen a number of carriers go out of business this year.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: UAE 2008 - Aviation

So far 2008 has been a boom year for the United Arab Emirates' aviation industry, with Etihad Airways, the country's national airline, enjoying a 41 per cent rise in passenger figures since 2007, and 3.5 million passengers using Abu Dhabi airport alone between January and May.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Illinois 2008 - Aviation

The aviation industry is encountering difficult times. Instability in the financial markets, increasing fuel costs and a dip in consumer spending have seen a number of carriers go out of business this year. Bankruptcies and workouts may well increase in the coming 12 months. It is against this backdrop that the demand for lawyers with specific industry knowledge remains high. In total we have identified 18 lawyers from nine separate firms with a range of expertise. Leading commercial and aircraft finance lawyers rub shoulders with some of the industry's major names for contentious matters arising out of major aircraft accidents.

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All Lawyers in Aviation (Listed Alphabetically)

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All Firms in Aviation (Listed Alphabetically)

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1 Aviation Lawyer featured

A&L Goodbody

3 Aviation Lawyers featured

ABP Lawyers

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

AELEX

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

AKD

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

ALMT Legal

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Abogados Sierra y Vazquez SC

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Addleshaw Goddard LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Adler Murphy & McQuillen

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Agcaoili & Associates

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Al Jabal Law Office

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Alegre Calderón y Márquez

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Allen & Overy LLP

6 Aviation Lawyers featured

Allens Arthur Robinson

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Ank Law Firm

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Appleby

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Argüelles & Asociados

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Awford Legal

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Aybay & Aybay

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Baker & McKenzie

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Baker Botts LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Basch and Rameh

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Beaumont & Son Aviation at Clyde & Co LLP

3 Aviation Lawyers featured

Bell Gully

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Bennett Jones LLP

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Bernardi & Schnapp Advogados

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Bhasin & Co

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Bird & Bird

7 Aviation Lawyers featured

Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Blake Dawson

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Blum&Grob Attorneys at Law Ltd

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Bouckaert Ormen Passemard Sportes BOPS

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Brigard & Urrutia Abogados

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Buddle Findlay

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

CMS Cameron McKenna

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Cains Advocates Limited

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Carlos de Sousa e Brito & Associados

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Chryssafinis & Polyviou LLC

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Clark Ricketts LLP

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Clifford Chance LLP

12 Aviation Lawyers featured

Clyde & Co LLP

12 Aviation Lawyers featured

Clyde & Co LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Condon & Forsyth LLP

7 Aviation Lawyers featured

Conyers Dill & Pearman

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Corral & Rosales

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Cozen O'Connor

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Crowe & Dunlevy

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Crowell & Moring LLP

3 Aviation Lawyers featured

DLA Piper LLP

4 Aviation Lawyers featured

Daugherty Fowler Peregrin Haught & Jenson

3 Aviation Lawyers featured

Davis LLP

3 Aviation Lawyers featured

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek NV

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

De Sola Pate & Brown

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

DeBee Gilchrist

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Dikici Law Office

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Dillon Eustace

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Donald H Bunker and Associates

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Dugardyn & Partners

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Edwin T Nobbs QC Professional Corporation

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Ehlers Ehlers & Partner

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Ellis & Partners Legal Practitioners

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Estudio Carvallo Ltda

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Estudio International

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Eyzaguirre & Compania

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

F O Akinrele & Co

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Fafinski Mark & Johnson PA

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Freehills

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Freidenberg Freidenberg & Lifsic

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

8 Aviation Lawyers featured

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Galindo Arias y Lopez

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Garcí­a Pimentel y Asociados SC

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Garnault Rembauville Bureau Tassy

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Garza Tello y Asociados

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Gates and Partners

8 Aviation Lawyers featured

Gerard & Partners

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Goodrich Riquelme y Asociados

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Gorrissen Federspiel

3 Aviation Lawyers featured

Grandall Legal Group

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Greenberg Traurig LLP

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Guanes, Heisecke & Piera

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

HMN & Partners

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

HWL Ebsworth

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Hammarskiöld & Co

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Hayashida Sogo Law Offices

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Haynes and Boone LLP

3 Aviation Lawyers featured

Hermann Makov & Co

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Hogan Lovells

4 Aviation Lawyers featured

Holland & Knight LLP

6 Aviation Lawyers featured

Holman Fenwick Willan

9 Aviation Lawyers featured

Ince & Co

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

International Law Offices

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

JB Majiyagbe & Co

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

JG Assis de Almeida e Associados

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Jarolim Flitsch Rechtsanwalte GmbH

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Jiménez Cruz Peña

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Jones Day

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Jun He Law Offices

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Jurinflot International Law Offices

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

K&L Gates LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Kaplan Massamillo & Andrews, LLC

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Kaye Scholer LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Kim & Chang

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

King & Wood

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Kirstein & Young PLLC

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Klenda Mitchell Austerman & Zuercher LLC

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Kromann Reumert

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

LVP LAW

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Langbehn & Cosentino

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Larrain y Asociados

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Latham & Watkins LLP

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Lebrero Abogados SRLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Lee & Ko

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Lee and Li

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Leshem-Kipperman, Law Offices & Notary

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Levitan Sharon & Co

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Linklaters LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Loyens & Loeff

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Maciel Norman & Asociados

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Mallesons Stephen Jaques

4 Aviation Lawyers featured

Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå

3 Aviation Lawyers featured

Maples and Calder

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Marconi & Sanchez de Bustamante

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Mason Hayes & Curran

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Matheson Ormsby Prentice

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Mayer Brown LLP

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

McAfee & Taft

3 Aviation Lawyers featured

McCann FitzGerald

4 Aviation Lawyers featured

McMillan LLP

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Mijares Angoitia Cortes y Fuentes SC

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP

5 Aviation Lawyers featured

Minter Ellison Lawyers

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Mochtar Karuwin Komar

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Motta Fernandes Rocha Advogados

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Nader Hayaux y Goebel

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Naschitz Brandes & Co

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Nassar Abogados

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Nathan Gedye, Barrister

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Neville de Rougemont & Associados

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Nishimura & Asahi

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Norton Rose Canada LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Norton Rose LLP

11 Aviation Lawyers featured

Norton White

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Ozturk & Partners Law Office

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Pardini & Associates

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Paterson MacDougall

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Patton Moreno & Asvat

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Paul Hastings LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Perez Bustamante & Ponce

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Perkins Coie LLP

4 Aviation Lawyers featured

Philippi Yrarrazaval Pulido & Brunner

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

4 Aviation Lawyers featured

Pinedo Abogados

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Pinheiro Neto Advogados

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Plane Legal LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Pradhan & Associates

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Putzeys Shawn Coulson Alliance

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

R&P Legal

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

RABOMIZO law firm

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Rajinder Narain & Co Legal LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Reed Smith LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Remedy Law Firm

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Richard Burn & Associates

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Riley Gray-Spencer

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Ritch Mueller SC

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Robinson Sheppard Shapiro

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Rodrigo Elías & Medrano Abogados

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Rodriguez & Cavelier

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Rodyk & Davidson LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Rubio Leguí­a Normand

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Run Ming Law Office

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Russin & Vecchi LLC

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

SCHILLER Rechtsanwälte

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

SNR Denton LLP

5 Aviation Lawyers featured

Salazar Salazar & Asociados SC

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Salazar Salazar & Asociados SC

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Santamarina y Steta SC

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Schellenberg Wittmer

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Schierk Becktloff

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Serap Zuvin Law Offices

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Setterwalls

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Shalakany Law Office

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Shanghai Kai-Rong Law Firm

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Shearman & Sterling LLP

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Sidley Austin LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Siguion Reyna Montecillo & Ongsiako

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Simmons & Simmons

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Simonsen Advokatfirma DA

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Slaughter and May

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP

4 Aviation Lawyers featured

Sokolov Maslov & Partners

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Soulez Larivière & Associés

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Spahni Stein Attorneys at Law

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Squire Sanders

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Stephenson Harwood

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Stepp & Sullivan PC

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Stewarts Law LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Stikeman Elliott

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Streamsowers & Köhn

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Studio Legale Guerreri

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Studio Legale Pierallini & Associati

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Stylianou & Stylianou

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Thorp Alberga

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Todd & Levi

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Torres Plaz & Araujo

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Torys LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Troutman Sanders LLP

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Tyabji Dayabhai

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Uría Menéndez

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Urwantschky Dangel Borst & Partner

3 Aviation Lawyers featured

Van Traa Advocaten

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Vedder Price PC

7 Aviation Lawyers featured

Veronika Kozak, Rechtsanwalt

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Vinge

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Vitale & Partners

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Walkers

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Watson Farley & Williams LLP

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Webber Wentzel

3 Aviation Lawyers featured

Wee Ramayah & Partners

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

White & Case LLP

11 Aviation Lawyers featured

William KK Ho & Co

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Winston & Strawn LLP

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Yelpo & Facal

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

Yomi Oshikoya & Co

2 Aviation Lawyers featured

Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger LLP

4 Aviation Lawyers featured

gbf Gerspacher Bell Fankhauser

1 Aviation Lawyer featured

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