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Aviation and Marine

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Our global Aviation and Marine specialists deliver practical and commercial solutions to clients in the aviation and marine markets.

With many years’ experience advising on structures and complex transactions around the globe, our global Aviation and Marine specialists deliver practical, commercial and responsive solutions. Our multi-jurisdictional approach brings together sector-leading legal, corporate administration, and regulatory practices.

With a global footprint crossing European, Asian and Caribbean time zones, we advise clients with aviation and shipping assets on cross-border financing, trading transactions and establishing owner vehicles, providing tailored solutions for owners, investors, operators, lessors and lessees.

We provide corporate administration and governance services to structures relating to the ownership of all types of aircraft and ships, including via the use of special purpose vehicles. We offer advice and services related to structuring and financing options, issues arising in aircraft vessel registration and certification, and associated employment and potential dispute matters.

Our team has considerable experience advising in respect of the acquisition, lease and sale of aircraft and vessels, as well as aircraft registration, aircraft certification and security registration on the Cayman and Guernsey aircraft registries. We can also field questions in Cayman on matters concerning the Cape Town Convention.

We advise both lenders and borrowers on all aspects of aircraft and shipping financing, and have extensive experience of the security granted in relation to such financing. This includes all aspects of debt and structured finance, security enforcement, restructuring and insolvency.

Ogier’s aviation and marine services complement our extensive private wealth offering, which includes estate planning, the establishment of private wealth structures, property, immigration and relocation services.

Using Ogier Global's industry-leading client service portal, Ogier Connect, we can offer clients secure real-time access to a personal library of statutory documents including registers of ownership and more.

Responsiveness and a strong awareness of the issues affecting the sector globally underpin our client offering, which draws on the regulatory, ESG and sustainable investment expertise across our jurisdictions. Whether it's a commercial aircraft, mega-yacht or smaller vessel, our dedicated global team offers responsive, to the point advice.

Legal services
  • Establishment of ownership structures for aviation and marine assets
  • Structuring of asset holding structures
  • Governance, regulatory and compliance
  • Advice on the financing and lease of aviation and marine assets (including taking security over assets)
  • Acquisition, sale and transfer of assets registered or to be registered
  • Registration services , including de-registration and ongoing issues relating to registration
  • Enforcement of security and vessel arrests and detentions
  • Representative person services for registered assets
  • Employment law advice in respect of crew contracts
  • Family office, private wealth, trusts and estate planning
  • Restructuring and corporate recovery
  • Dispute resolution
Ogier Global - Corporate administration and fiduciary services
  • Formation and administration of asset holding structures
  • Financial, administrative and accounting services for aviation and marine owners
  • Provision of director and trustee services
  • Ogier Connect, a 24-7 digital information portal providing owners and managers with real-time data at a glance

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Aviation and Marine

"A long track record of delivering practical and commercial solutions to clients in the aviation and marine markets."

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