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Watson Farley & Williams LLP
15 APPOLD STREET
LONDON
EC2A 2HB
England
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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Tim is an aviation and dispute resolution expert with over 25 years’ experience working on aviation and travel-related matters.

He represents aircraft leasing and finance companies, airlines, airports, corporate and general aviation operators and other businesses involved in the aviation and travel industries.

Tim has extensive experience in aviation and travel-related dispute resolution matters – often with multijurisdictional elements – in the English courts and in arbitrations, including leasing, aircraft finance, insurance (with a particular focus on advising the insured party), aircraft repossessions, aircraft engineering, and technical issues, accidents and general contractual disputes.

He has also advised on a wide range of regulatory issues, including matters before the European Commission, the United Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority and the Department for Transport.

Tim has been recognised as a leading individual in the legal guides for many years, with testimonials describing him as “an excellent solicitor who knows an awful lot about the sector, and is incredibly diligent and thorough. A pleasure to work with” (The Legal 500 UK 2023), and “very experienced and attentive to detail. He is also very responsive and coordinates very well with other parties” (Chambers UK 2023).

Memberships

  1. Law Society of England and Wales

Education

  1. 1993 – 1994 · University of Bristol, LLM
  2. 1990 – 1993 · University of Bristol, LLB

Lawyer Rankings

London > Transport > Aviation

(Leading individuals)

Tim MurrayWatson Farley & Williams LLP

Watson Farley & Williams LLP offers clients ‘extraordinarily broad experience’ in the aviation sector, advising on the spectrum of commercial issues, restructuring and insolvency and regulatory matters in addition to handling major disputes. The firm has also acted for clients in relation to Russian aircraft seizures and sanctions. Jim Bell heads the practice, acting for financiers, lessors and operators on structured finance transactions, while Andrew Ward, who co-heads the dispute resolution team, acts for banks, investors, airlines and lessors. Patrick Moore focuses on restructuring matters, handling matters ranging from lease arrangements to Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. A number of arrivals have augmented the practice, with Jeffrey Wool, on secondment as secretary general of the Aviation Working Group, arriving from Holland & Knight LLP as a senior global advisor in January 2023 and aviation disputes specialist Tim Murray following in June. Alison Weal arrived from Winston & Strawn LLP in May 2022, taking up a position as head of aviation knowledge management.