Airport and air law

UGGC Avocats advises the main players in the airport and aeronautical sectors, whether airport managers or operators operating in airports or in connection with aeronautical airport activity, particularly in matters of public law, corporate law, environmental law, economic regulation, competition law and European law.

Extensive experience of cross-border operations

UGGC Avocats’ teams are capable of structuring all types of transactions carried out by airport managers or their partners. Our expertise covers

  • All issues related to airport concessions and development (large, complex projects, state aid issues)
  • Support for start-ups and restructuring of airport groups (mergers & acquisitions in the air transport and airport infrastructure sectors, advice on corporate governance and optimization of legal structures)
  • Public procurement (drafting of procurement regulations, assistance with the award and execution of contracts, procurement and execution litigation)
  • Management and development of the public domain, both for operations directly linked to airport activity (retail outlets in the terminals, etc.) and for operations to enhance the economic value of the domain (real estate projects, hosting of companies on the public domain, etc.).
  • Support for aircraft maintenance, equipment supply, catering and handling contracts
  • Expertise in international contracts, particularly with players in emerging countries in the aviation sector.

UGGC Avocats is involved both upstream of projects (analysis of possible contractual structures, strategic advice) and at the implementation stage (drafting of procedural documents and deeds, negotiation, monitoring of procedures, monitoring of execution, settlement of disputes), as well as in litigation.