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Robert Cohn
Work Department
Global Regulatory
Position
Senior Counsel
Career
With a decades-long aviation-focused legal career, Bob Cohn is widely recognized as one of the deans of the U.S. aviation bar and has been a leader of Hogan Lovells’ global Aviation practice. Bob advises major U.S. and foreign passenger and cargo airlines, regional airlines, new entrant/low cost carriers, municipalities, airport owners and operators, airport developers, private equity and venture capital firms, maintenance, repair or overhaul companies, and aviation technology companies. Bob has also served as general counsel to one of the first post-deregulation airlines. Under Bob’s leadership, Chambers USA has consistently ranked Hogan Lovells as the top U.S. aviation law firm. Bob’s practice spans every facet of aviation law, including airline licensing and compliance, airport certification and compliance, airport privatization, antitrust, airline investment structures, airport use and lease agreements, aircraft acquisitions and financing, mergers and acquisitions, U.S. export import bank financings, and public private partnerships. He advises clients on domestic and cross-border acquisition, financing and leasing of aircraft, engines, and spare parts, negotiating and obtaining government approvals of global antitrust immunized joint venture alliances, and complex airport privatization (P3) projects.
Languages
English
Memberships
Member, Aero Club
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Federal Bar Association
Member, International Aviation Club
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1969
B.A., Syracuse University, 1966
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
(Hall of Fame)Hogan Lovells US LLP fields ‘an amazing team that knows Department of Transportation, aviation and regulatory work better than anyone out there‘. The Washington DC-based practice advises on traditional aviation issues involving a range of large and small airlines, airports and manufacturers. Examples of the group’s expertise include its representation of GE Aerospace in the aviation regulatory issues surrounding the certification of its products; and recent ground-breaking work includes assisting Matternet with obtaining the first-ever standard type certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for a drone. Senior counsel Robert Cohn
has longstanding experience in assisting aviation clients with regulatory issues, transactions, litigation, and government relations; and co-founder of the independent non-profit Commercial Drone Alliance, Lisa Ellman, chairs the firm’s global uncrewed aircraft systems practice. Also highly rated are former FAA chief counsel Arjun Garg; counsel Patrick Rizzi, who regularly acts before the US Department of Transportation and the FAA; and Matthew Clark, who is a particularly active senior associate within the firm’s UAS/drones group. In July 2022, former senior counsel Ted Ellett retired from the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
- Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation United States > Transport
- Hall of Fame United States > Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- International Trade > CFIUS
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)