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JOLCO-motion denied: aircraft finance termination payments not penalties

A&O Shearman on 6/25/2025

The English High Court has found that termination payments under Japanese Operating Lease with Call Option (JOLCO) structures did not amount to unenforceable penalties....more

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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 6/23/2025

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

Airlines and COVID-19: Hedging Considerations

A&O Shearman on 6/9/2020

The ongoing events with COVID-19 and its impact on the travel industry have a number of potential implications for airlines’ derivative transactions....more

Economic duress: will English law assist a party who enters into a contract as a result of a lawful threat of causing economic...

Vedder Price on 9/16/2019

It is clear that English law permits a party to avoid a contract on the grounds of economic duress but there is some uncertainty as to the circumstance in which a contract may be avoided for economic duress. Requiring...more

Global Transportation Finance Newsletter - September 2019

Vedder Price on 9/12/2019

In This Issue – Economic duress: will English law assist a party who enters into a contract as a result of a lawful threat of causing economic harm? A Bird on the Ground is Worth One in the Sky: Lessons from ALC v. Far...more

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