Aviation is a key practice area for 7KBW, where our skills in commercial litigation and arbitration run hand-in-hand with considerable international and national experience of aviation disputes. Members have acted for aircraft owners, operators, financiers, lessors and lesees, engineers, airports, airport concessions and ground handling staff, as well as insurers and reinsurers.
We have acted in commercial disputes across all aspects of the industry, where our deep experience of the law of contract is invaluable, in claims ranging from aircraft sale and purchase disputes, leasing disputes, and aircraft financing claims, as well as aviation insurance and reinsurance disputes.
Members have also been appointed as arbitrators in cases of intense interest to the aviation industry and international aviation regulators. Our experience spans major industry events such as the Malaysia Airlines MH370 incident, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Air France Concorde 100 crash, and many others, including air accidents, total loss claims, product liability disputes, and the like.
Members have acted in cases involving a number of well-known airlines and aviation companies, both at trial and on appeal, as well as in arbitral institutions globally, while our advisory practice is commercial and pragmatic. Both are equally valued by all the leading firms in this area.
Areas covered include (but are not limited to):
Members appear in cutting-edge cases in this area. Examples include: