Aviation specialist Augusta Abogados advises on the status of ownership and charges over aircraft, engines and other items of equipment for the purposes of internal audits or sale, lease and finance transactions. The firm has broad experience in repossession of aircraft within Spain, including repossessions in insolvency, as well as in the design of strategies for debt recovery. Other areas of expertise include retail, health and the emerging area of drone law. Sergi Giménez advises airlines, lessors and financiers in a range of issues. He co-leads the team with Jaime Fernández Cortés, who has experience dealing with customer complaint matters.

The ‘varied, multi-disciplinary team’ at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo can ‘attend to any type of matter’, and is ‘one of the leading aviation practices in Spain’. The firm handles aviation finance, automotive, road and rail matters. The practice’s expertise in transportation, logistics and aviation covers the gamut of relevant business, legal and regulatory aspects. The team is co-led by Fernando Herrero, who focuses on asset financing, particularly of vessels and aircraft; automotive specialist Ainara Rentería; and Irene Fernández Puyol, who handles public law and regulatory issues in the transport sector.

Particularly strong in aviation and shipping finance, Uría Menéndez also handles contentious and non-contentious logistics, transportation, urban mobility and technology matters. Combining cross-border transactional, litigation and regulatory expertise, the firm’s clients include port operators, terminals, tech companies, carriers by road, airlines, freight forwarders, shippers, energy and insurance companies. Practice head Carlos López-Quiroga specialises in maritime law and has experience in M&A in the transport sector, shipbuilding and tax lease structures. Also active in the area is associate Sofía Rodríguez Torres, who advises on domestic and international corporate, finance, maritime, aviation and transport law.

With broad geographic coverage in Spain thanks to its multiple offices, Aiyon Abogados SLP has ‘experience in all kinds of issues that arise in the ground transportation sector’. Among its areas of expertise are freight and cargo claims, sanctioning proceedings, cargo handling contracts, insurance contracts and air accidents, as well as the sale, purchase, leasing and financing of aircraft. The team is led by Enrique Ortiz, Zuberoa Elorriaga, Veronica Meana, Mikel Garteiz-Goxeaskoa and Jose Dominguez.

Dentons specialises in aviation finance transactions, as well as advising on a range of financings in the transport sector, including shipment, vessels and roll stock markets. The firm has experience representing banks, funds and other financing institutions in aircraft financings and leases, registrations, repossessions, commercial and operating contracts, tax leases and M&A-related operations. Practice head Jabier Badiola focuses on assisting national and international financial entities, insurance companies and investment funds on a range of transactions and financing matters in the area.

Eversheds Sutherland Nicea stands out for its knowledge in multi-modal transport, freight forwarding, trading documents and commercial law. Other areas of expertise for the team include rail-related matters, shipping finance, infrastructure finance, and administrative law, and the firm also acts for clients in accidents and breaches of contracts. The team is led by Juan Díaz Hidalgo, Alberto Dorrego de Carlos, Antonio Bravo and Crisanto Pérez-Abad.

Focusing primarily on aviation and rail, Watson Farley & Williams LLP covers the spectrum of aviation finance and leasing transactions for commercial aircraft, helicopters and private jets. As well as advising financiers and purchasers of rolling stock in the rail sector, the firm also has a particular specialism in helicopter assets. Transport finance expert Alfredo Cabellos leads the team.