International law firm Kennedys has strengthened its global
aviation practice with the hire of dispute resolution and commercial partner Nick Humphrey.
International law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) continues to grow its international
aviation practice with the recruitment of asset finance Partners David Brotherton and Justin Sun, along with a team of five Associates, who will
Not exact matches
In private
practice, he gained experience
with automotive safety and
aviation competition issues, including before DOT.
We return to the questions posed earlier:
with fuel costs already their single largest expense, why should fuel price increases spur changes in shipping and
aviation designs, equipment and
practices?
He works in law firm Wiggin & Dana's litigation department
with a
practice focused on product liability and
aviation litigation, amusement / leisure counseling and litigation, and general business litigation.
But when Congress in 2012 mandated the FAA to draft regulations for drone operation by 2015, the prospect of drone law
practice began to catch the attention of large firms, particularly those
with aviation law departments.
Mert Hifzi, head of the firm's Asia - Pacific
aviation practice commented: «This is an exciting hire for HFW which enables us to continue to push the growth of our
practice in the Asia region and in particular into China where Justin successfully developed a strong relationship
with the lessor market.
Their
aviation and asset finance experience further strengthens our existing
practice and enables us to provide clients
with local expertise supported by a global team, something we know our clients value.»
The feasible responses seem to be (i) move into higher - end work, often of an advisory or highly specialist nature: Jeremy Robinson,
aviation and competition law partner at Gates and Partners, solicitors, believes that the competition in his
practice area does not come, and is unlikely to come, from PLFs or ABSs anytime soon; (ii) form collaborations short of ABSs or multi-disciplinary
practices with complementary non-solicitor businesses (Martyn Taylor, MD of respected solicitors agency, Ashley Taylors, has noticed a huge increase in the number of solicitors» firms looking to work on litigation - related joint projects
with Ashley Taylors; (iii) to the extent possible adopt the
practices of more successful competitors; (iv) innovate.
Lightfoot's
aviation and aerospace
practice blends extensive civil litigation experience
with an intimate understanding of the
aviation industry and the specific laws governing it, from the General
Aviation Revitalization Act to the Warsaw Convention.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its
aviation finance
practice with the arrival of
aviation specialist Jack Koh.
Our
Aviation and Aerospace
practice provides a broad range of services in the area of
aviation law
with a team comprised of lawyers
with extensive experience in the industry.
Robin
practices general litigation
with specialties in
aviation, maritime and transportation law.
Husch Blackwell
aviation practice chair David Agee and associates Amanda Dysart and Nicholas Hendon advised American on its negotiations
with Boeing.
Raja Darryl & Loh is recommended for its
aviation practice, in particular its work
with lessors, funds and private equity.
Perkins Coie has one of the longest - standing product liability
practices in the nation and the largest
practice with a focus in
aviation and satellite litigation.
Consisting of three powerful tools that work together, the award - winning Novus Process ™ combines best
practices from the legal profession
with those from manufacturing,
aviation, healthcare, and business, and applies them to the legal profession for the first time.
Rob joins Clyde & Co from Quadrant Chambers where he has a general commercial and common law
practice,
with particular emphasis on
aviation law.
Led team's specialty lending
practice with a concentration in high - end residential real estate, yacht,
aviation and other secured and unsecured debt solutions to achieve credit goals.