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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

What Lessors Need to Know: English High Court Rules on Russian Aircraft Losses

The Judgment addressed joined insurance claims brought by major aircraft lessors whose aircraft and engines were stranded in Russia following the imposition of sweeping Western sanctions and Russian government measures which...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Non-Owned Aircraft Insurance: What You Need to Know

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When your company uses non-owned aircraft, such as when chartering a plane or permitting employees to operate owned or rented planes on company business, what do you need to think about? Do you need to do anything to manage...more

K&L Gates LLP

Important Lesson for the Aviation Industry and other Commercial Policyholders: Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses in Insurance...

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In the recent case of Zephyrus Capital Aviation Partners 1D Ltd & Ors v Fidelis Underwriting Ltd & Ors (Re Russian Aircraft Operator Policy Claims (Jurisdiction Applications)) [2024] EWHC 734 (Comm), London’s High Court held...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Russian Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses Fail to Stop Aviation Insurance Litigation in England

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The English High Court found that a current risk of unfair trial in Russia justified declining to enforce Russian exclusive jurisdiction clauses. The English High Court has cleared the way for major aviation insurance...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Remedy for Russian Aircraft Expropriation – FSIA Lawsuit

Is it possible that the Russian government wants to compensate the aviation leasing companies for aircraft and engines that the government expropriated?  Russia expropriated aircraft and engines of multiple U.S. leasing...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Leased Aircraft Stranded in Russia: A Survey of the Pending Insurance Claim Litigation in Different Jurisdictions

Key Points - - Insurance companies are bracing themselves for years of legal disputes over liability for total losses claimed by lessors to aircraft stranded in Russia as a result of sanctions over Russia's invasion of...more

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Chambers Global Aviation Finance & Leasing Guide 2022: Ireland

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1.1.1 Taxes/Duties Payable Upon Execution of the Sales Agreement VAT Whether there will be any VAT payable on the sale of an aircraft is determined by its physical location at the point of sale. If the aircraft is physically...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Briefing Sheet on EU Sanctions and Aviation Insurance Prohibition

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Regulation 2022/328 was adopted by the European Union (EU) on Feb. 25, 2022, in relation to the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The Regulation took effect on Feb. 26, 2022....more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

"It's Not Old, It's A Classic!": Risk in Aging Aircraft with GARA Protecting Manufacturers

The General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 (“GARA”) was a byproduct of aging aircraft, rising costs, and tort liability in the United States. Congress was concerned that aircraft manufacturers were being devastated by...more

Hogan Lovells

The Obama Administration Eases Sanctions Against Sudan

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On January 13, 2017, the White House, the U.S. Department of Treasury ’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , and the U.S. Department of Commerce ’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a host of policy...more

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