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England - London • Transport

4

Aviation

CMS‘s aviation team advises a variety of clients, including insurers, airlines, manufacturers, and financial institutions. Gwen Edwards heads the team and has a focus on debt financing matters for both commercial and corporate aircraft, advising lenders, lessors, borrowers, and airlines. Alaina Wadsworth is another key reference in the team with experience in a variety of litigation matters in the industry.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • Paul Silver and Vitoria Guild are both amazing.
  • Incredibly knowledgeable, offering the right blend of advice, caution, mitigation, and "hard stops" as required.
  • CMS is heavily involved in genuinely enormous litigation. Despite the burdens of the case, the lawyers retain a great sense of humor and the team leaders maintain a friendly, happy team, who work extremely well with counsel and clients alike.
  • Alaina Wadsworth is committed to achieving the best outcome possible for her clients, and her focus on this objective is evident in her work. She is a real asset to any client. Kate Murphy is great at solving the issues that inevitably arise during litigation while also looking ahead strategically. She is someone you really want on your side.

Key clients

  • easyJet Airline Company Limited
  • Starr
  • Munich Re
  • MS Amlin
  • HDI Global
  • Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation
  • Arora Group
  • Heathrow West Limited
  • Commissioner for Northern Lighthouses/Northern Lighthouse Board
  • ICBC Aviation Leasing/ICBC Financial Leasing Co. Limited
  • Tokio Marine Kiln

Work highlights

Advised Arora on its long-running rival expansion proposals at Heathrow, across the full lifecycle of policy, Development Consent Order (DCO) application and regulatory reform.
Advised Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation in respect of all Regulation 261 claims, and also claims pursuant to the Montreal Convention.
Advised easyJet Airline Company Limited on the establishment of its new US$1.7 billion revolving credit facility, alongside the termination and replacement of its existing US$1.75 billion UKEF‑backed facility and US$400 million revolving credit facility.
Practice head

Gwen Edwards

Other key lawyers

Alaina Wadsworth