Aviation, Transport and Logistics: Litigation

Our firm has a recognized experience in litigation, arbitration, and mediation, specifically within the transportation, aviation, and logistics sectors. We have successfully represented clients in high-profile disputes involving commercial shipping, freight forwarding, air carriers, lessors, public authorities, integrators, and ground handling services. Our team is well-versed in the complexities of aviation regulations, cargo claims, maritime law, transport by road and logistics contracts, and we regularly handle cases related to regulatory compliance, liability issues, and breach of contract.

Our team handles claims and litigation for some of the world’s major airlines and operators, in relation to injuries or fatalities as well as regards delays or cancellation of flights.

We also deliver commercial litigation services in respect of disputes regarding aircraft sale and purchase, leasing, aircraft charter agreements and other operating contracts in the aviation, transportation and logistics sector.

Our experience includes :

Assisting a major Belgian airline in the context of its judicial reorganization and restructuring under the supervision of the Belgian commercial courts, including the renegotiation of all aircraft lease agreements and other major contracts with creditors, the filing of legal actions, corporate legal support to safeguard the interests of the company and its stakeholders, and discussions with third party investors in view of the possible take over of the company’s activities.
Assisting an airline and its insurer in relation to a major robbery that took place at a Belgian airport, including pleading sessions in the criminal and civil proceedings.
Assisting a major integrator in relation to judicial proceedings relating to an aircraft damage incident due to bad weather at an EU airport.
Assisting an insurer in proceedings initiated as a result of damage caused by an accident involving a private jet and the airport’s infrastructure.
Acted on behalf of a lessor in a complicated dispute involving a lease agreement and costs sharing arrangement between lessor and lessee.
Acting for a leading Middle East MRO in proceedings against a defaulting customer for breaches of its maintenance terms and conditions.
Acted for a foreign fractional owner in an aircraft repossession and assisted in managing the arrest of the aircraft and working with law enforcement agencies engaged in respect of the aircraft’s arrest.
Assisting a Middle-East airline in ICC arbitration proceedings against a European carrier relating to the performance and termination of an aircraft lease agreement.
Assisting a major Belgian airline in judicial proceedings against the purchaser of masks and medical equipment in the context of the covid-19 crisis.
Assisting a major global integrator in collective judicial proceedings aiming at the ban of night flights and the closure of an airport.
Assisting a major European carrier in a personal injury litigation which went up to the European courts in Luxembourg.
Handling cargo claims litigation and disputes under the Montreal Convention for major European and Middle East airlines.
Assisting an importer of goods in relation to damage to its cargo during transportation by sea.
Assisting an prime Asian airline in EU proceedings aimed at obtaining a material indemnification from a ground handler as a result of the damage caused to an aircraft engine in the course of its transportation.
Handling the defence of high volume Regulation 261 claims for delays and cancellations of flights for EU and non-EU air carriers, throughout the European Union.