We focus on the legal needs of the aviation community: aircraft owners, fractional share owners, lessors, lessees, lenders, charter operators, fixed-base operators, as well as aviation maintenance and repair organizations. Our areas of practice include:
Generally, an FAA registered, internationally operated aircraft may not be legally registered in the name of a corporation that does not qualify as a citizen of the USA. However, the Federal Aviation Regulations allow for two methods by which non-USA citizens can enjoy the benefits of owning an aircraft registered with the FAA: the voting trust and the ownership trust.
Depending on where your aircraft is delivered and/or based, an aircraft owner could be liable to pay sales tax, use tax, and/or property tax. Sales, use, and property tax exposure can be legally mitigated with appropriate planning and/or commercial operations.
Aviation Legal Group’s civil litigation teams are at home in federal and state courtrooms while recognizing the benefit of imaginative, cost-effective resolution techniques in the early stages of a lawsuit, where appropriate.
Aviation Legal Group has experience with both domestic and international financing and loan securitization issues. Regardless of where you are based as a borrower or lender, our attorneys can assist you with your aviation financing requirements.
At Aviation Legal Group, we have the expertise and experience to secure you a favorable purchase or sale contract, whether for new or preowned aircraft, whether cross-border or domestic.
Dedicated to aviation law since 1997.
Tel: +1 (954) 763 5565
Email: info@aviationlegalgroup.com
Address: 888 S Andrews Ave #303
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
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