ISRAEL Law and Practice Contributed by: Charles Gottlieb and Osnat Issan, Gottlieb Gera & Co Advocates
Gottlieb Gera & Co Advocates has a long-estab - lished Israeli-based aviation finance practice, advis - ing financial institutions, manufacturers, owners, les - sors and lessees on a wide range of aviation-related matters. The firm has extensive international expe - rience on inward and outward-bound transactions, working in multiple jurisdictions in a variety of com - mercial and financing agreements. Clients turn to its experience in the acquisition and disposal of aircraft, engines and aviation portfolios, leveraged and PDP (pre-delivery payments) financings, operating leases, ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) and
CMI (crew, maintenance and insurance) agreements, finance leases, sale and leaseback transactions, reg - istration and deregistration of aircraft, cross-border structures, requests for proposals, supply and title retention agreements, and regulatory matters, includ - ing flight rights under bilateral or multilateral air ser - vice agreements. The firm has extensive cross-bor - der transactional experience in multiple jurisdictions within Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia. It works closely with the Civil Aviation Author - ity of Israel on registration matters as well as other regulatory matters.
Authors
Charles Gottlieb is the founding and managing partner of Gottlieb Gera &
Osnat Issan is a partner at Gottlieb Gera & Co Advocates, with more than 20 years of experience, whose practice focuses upon cross-border aviation finance, establishing airlines in Israel and abroad, operations,
Co Advocates, qualified in Israel, England and Wales (inactive), and Pennsylvania. Charles has been acknowledged as “one of the top experts on aviation law in Israel”. He has more than three decades’ experience in cross-border transactions, aviation, transportation, asset-backed finance, M&A, technology finance, venture capital, private equity, technology counselling, and private international law, and represents major international financial institutions, private equity funds, corporate clients and entrepreneurs from a range of countries. Charles is on the advisory board to the Hauge Court for Arbitration for Aviation and has advised the Aviation Working Group on Israeli-related matters.
regulation, M&A, corporate finance, corporate counselling and commercial law. She served as vice-president and general counsel at Challenge Airlines (IL), Israel’s largest air freight operator, and was active in its international expansion. Previously, Osnat was a partner at a prominent Tel Aviv law firm, focusing on M&A transactions, venture lending and other asset-backed financing transactions, as well as corporate counselling to public and private companies. She is also involved in advising the Aviation Working Group on Israeli-related matters.
Gottlieb Gera & Co Advocates 25 Hamered Street The Trade Tower, 8th Floor Tel Aviv 6812508 Israel Tel: +972 9974 4900 Email: charles.gottlieb@gottliebgera.com Web: www.gottliebgera.com
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