Legal advice for business jet transactions
Business aviation lawyers share their insight at Corporate Jet Investor's business jet and helicopter finance conference in Miami.
Expert analysis from some of the world’s leading aviation lawyers, tax specialists and consultants.
Key developments
Implementing the Cape Town Convention in the UK
— Mario Jacovides, Allen & Overy LLP
The $11.2 million business jet conference table
— Gary Horowitz, Wiley Rein LLP
Olympic Airlines v. ACG: Victory (again) for aircraft lessors
— Sarah Dyke and Matthew Harvey, SNR Denton
The US extends 50% bonus depreciation for business aircraft to 2013 and 2014
— Rex Reese
Shaker v. Vistajet: Deposits, LOIs and agreements to negotiate in good faith
— Sarah Dyke and Matthew Harvey, SNR Denton
Life after ACG v. Olympic Airlines: The impact on drafting and lease agreements
— Sarah Dyke and Matthew Harvey, SNR Denton
ACG v. Olympic Airlines: The importance of lease agreements
— Debra Erni and Graham Tyler, DLA Piper
Non-Citizen Trusts: Permitted, but conditioned
— Edward Gross, Vedder Price
Aerolease v. Vreeland: Liability of owners (including fractional interest owners), lessors and financiers for personal injury
— Aoife O’Sullivan, Gates and Partners
Aerolease v. Vreeland: Supreme court refuses to consider critical aircraft liability question
— Rex Reese
Blue Sky v. Mahan Air: New court guidance on English law mortgages
— Paul Jebely, Clyde & Co
Transaction insight
Practical applicability of one relief established by the Cape Town Convention in respect to aircraft
— Juan Antonio Tiscareño, Martin Dale
The Cape Town Convention: Key issues for corporate jet investors
— Ben Graham-Evans, Blake Lapthorn
The differences between corporate jets and commercial aircraft
— Graeme McLellen and Paul Ng, Stephenson Harwood
Structuring Islamic Ijaara Business Jet Leases
— Charles Viggers, Watson Farley & Williams
What is public transport?
— Aoife O’Sullivan, Gates and Partners
Why Letters of Intent (LOIs) are an important business tool
— Jonathan Russel, Holman Fennick Willan
Using the British Virgin Islands
— Simon Lawrenson, Mourant Ozannes
Default, enforcement and repossession: What to do when a good deal goes bad
— Oliver Tebbit, Clyde & Co
Tax and accounting
UK VAT: Zero-Rating and Qualifying Aircraft
— David Thompson, DLA Piper
Can private jet charters help reduce VAT on corporate jet transactions?
— Matthew Hodkin and James Murhpy, Norton Rose
UK introduces VAT on business jets
— Mark Bisset and Phil Norton, Clyde & Co
VAT: Opinion of the Advocate General’s import by airlines
— Aoife O’Sullivan, Gates and Partners
Income tax issues for aircraft owners
— Harley Richards, KPMG
Lease accounting and its effect on aircraft deals and documentation
— Marisa Chan, William Glaister and Simon Lew, Clifford Chance
Market views
The key issues of 2011 and how they will drive 2012
— Michael Savva, Watson Farley & Williams
