‘Personalised attention, high availability and adjustment to the client’s real needs’ are the calling cards of the group at Augusta Abogados. Areas of expertise for the team include aircraft sale, lease and finance transactions, repossessions in insolvency scenarios and the handling of air passenger claims. Domestic and international airlines, helicopter operators and financial institutions routinely look to the practice group for support. Leadership is shared between ’outstanding professional’ Sergi Giménez and Jaime Fernández Cortés. Giménez specialises in aviation and M&A transactions; Fernández Cortés, for his part, focuses on passenger claims. David Castaño left the firm in March 2024 for an in-house position.
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Testimonials
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‘Personalised attention, high availability and adjustment to the client's real needs.'
‘Excellent collaboration and punctuality. Availability, proximity and human quality.'
‘The firm provides legal services with the utmost professionalism and integrity, customer focus and attention to every detail and possible development of the cases handled are certainly their strengths.'
‘In working together, I was able to appreciate the great organisation of the work and the ability to manage numerous resources. Sergi Giménez has proved to be an outstanding professional, as well as being a great team player.’
Key clients
- Ryanair
- Norwegian Air Shuttle
- Vueling
- AerCap
- Lauda Motion
- Swiftair
- Volotea
- Brussels Airlines
- Condor Flugdienst
- Aergo Capital
Work highlights
Advised an Irish aircraft lessor in connection with the Spanish law aspects of the acquisition and lease of three A320 aircraft by Iberia.
Advised an Irish helicopter lessor in connection with the sale and leaseback of more than 15 helicopters to several Spanish operators.
Advised Volotea in connection with its aircraft leasing and finance transactions.
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Practice head
Sergi Giménez; Jaime Fernández Cortés