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Farina Azam
Work Department
Travel
Position
Partner
Career
Farina is a travel law expert specialising in regulatory advice and commercial contracts for the travel industry. With over 12 years of experience, she has an in-depth understanding of the legal issues affecting the travel industry.
Farina is regarded as a trusted legal advisor in the industry representing many travel businesses both within the UK and overseas, , including online travel agents, tour operators, airlines and hotels.
Farina has a significant profile within the travel industry, regularly speaking at industry events and writing for industry publications. She is ranked in Chambers & Partners for Travel: Regulatory & Commercial, and is also named in the Legal 500, which she is described as “an exceptional lawyer specialising in the travel industry.”
Farina joined Fox Williams in May 2023 from Deloitte Legal, where she led the travel, hospitality and leisure legal advisory practice.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Transport > Travel
The commercial and regulatory team at Fox Williams LLP, renowned for its ‘deep knowledge of the travel industry’, is well-known for its experience handling high-profile disputes for renowned clients in the industry, namely large travel companies. A key example of such work is its representing On The Beach in the High Court in a dispute against RyanAir regarding passenger refunds. Its workload is frequently of the multi-millions in value and cross-border in nature; it has developed a particular focus advising on compliance with UK and EU travel regulations and assisting businesses therein launching onto the EU market. Tech, travel and aviation expert Lucy England frequently handles such work. Noted as ‘the go-to lawyer for travel regulatory disputes’, Rhys Griffiths
is at the helm of the practice. The team was notably bolstered in May 2023 with the arrival of the former head of Deloitte LLP‘s travel team Farina Azam. ‘Great talent’ Phyllis Acheampong is a senior associate to note at the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Transport > Aviation
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Transport > Travel
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Senior executives
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Immigration
- Transport > Aviation
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital