Aviation Industry
Aviation matters demand a legal team with extensive experience and resources to meet local and global challenges. With more than 75 years practicing in this area, the, Holland & Knight Team has developed substantial experience in virtually every significant area of aviation law and litigation. Counseling and representing a broad client base, the Holland & Knight team has dealt in-depth with regulatory issues, aircraft transactions and financings, commercial litigation, and accident investigations and litigation, as well as with antitrust, contract, environmental, import/export, insolvency/bankruptcy, intellectual property, labor/employment, ownership, tax, and other commercial matters.
Using a collaborative approach that, when needed, calls on the immense resources of our 1,150-attorney, 17-office firm, our 45-attorney Aviation Industry National Team provides our clients with full accessibility and personalized service.
In-Depth Industry Insight
Few other firms can offer the blend of legal acumen and industry experience that the Holland & Knight Aviation Industry Team delivers to our clients who partner with us. Aside from their backgrounds in aviation-related legal matters, a number of our aviation lawyers have degrees in engineering, experience as pilots, or have worked in other areas of the industry during their professional careers. Others have experience serving in government regulatory agencies. Members of our Aviation Industry Team are frequently invited to speak at U.S. and foreign aviation conferences and to hold leadership positions in aviation sections of bar associations and industry organizations.
Scope of Services
Having total involvement in the transactional, regulatory, investigation, and litigation matters affecting clients' operations, our work includes the licensing and certification of air carrier operations, financing and leasing aircraft, leasing land and airport space, negotiating slot agreements, structuring operations, handling NTSB and FAA investigations, representing clients before other government agencies, and providing ongoing support of our clients' operations, including the adept handling of arbitrations and litigation of commercial disputes and multidistrict litigation of claims resulting from accidents. Our scope of services includes: