Aviation & Ship Finance
Our Aviation, Aerospace & Shipping practice supports our clients with finance leases, operating leases, multi-aircraft facilities, Islamic finance, tax-driven and off-balance-sheet structures.
Areas of expertise
- Complex cross-border corporate jet financings transaction (loan and lease agreements)
- Commercial ship financing
- Yacht financing
- Ancillary documentation for corporate jet, commercial ship and yacht financings such as:
- Security agreements (mortgages, tripartite agreements, undertakings, general assign-ments etc.)
- Sale, purchase and leasing agreements
- Escrow agreements
- Legal opinions
Other relevant areas
Asset Management | Investment Funds | Debt & Equity Capital Markets | Structured Finance & Lending | Trade & Commodity Finance | Islamic Finance | Derivatives, Structured Products | Financial Services & Regulatory | General Legal Documentation & Transaction Support | Regulatory & Compliance Support | FinTech | Private Banking | Payment Services
“One of the top Swiss aviation law practices”
Publications
Client segmentation under FinSA
International Law Office, November 2019- EN
- Alexander Vogel
- Reto Luthiger
- Fabienne Walter
Classification of stablecoins under Swiss law: FINMA publishes amended guidelines
International Law Office, October 2019- EN
FDF proposes key changes to FinSO and FinlO
International Law Office, September 2019- EN
Blockchain – Aspetti legali e punti d’intervento del legislatore
Speaker at L'Associazione Internazionale Giuristi di Lingua Italiana (AIGLI), XXXII Convegno in Monopoli (BR), Italy, 26-29 September 2019- IT
Firm News
Dunja Koch is ranked in the elite IFLR1000 Women Leaders Guide 2023
The Best Lawyers in Switzerland 2023 by Best Lawyers® and Handelsblatt
News Portal
FINMA Guidance 08/2024 Governance and Risk Management when using Artificial Intelligence
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial market is on the rise, presenting both opportunities and risks. FINMA emphasizes in its new Guidance 8/2024 the need to properly identify, calibrate, and manage these risks. While there are no specific laws on AI in Switzerland, existing regulatory requirements concerning governance and risk management also apply to AI. This is in line with the technology-neutral and principle-based financial market regulation.
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FINMA Circular 2025/2 Code of Conduct under FinSA/FinSO
Around five years after the entry into force of the Financial Services Act (FinSA) and Financial Services Ordinance (FinSO), FINMA has issued Circular 2025/2 (the Circular), making specific aspects of its regulatory practice public. The provisions aim to increase transparency towards clients in the provision of financial services.
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Switzerland’s accession to the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements
From 1 January 2025 the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements of 30 June 2005 (the Hague Choice of Court Convention) will bind Switzerland. Switzerland’s accession will increase certainty and effectiveness of jurisdiction clauses and facilitate recognition and enforcement of judgments given by Contracting States’ courts in international civil or commercial matters. Post BREXIT, Switzerland’s accession ensures the enforcement and recognition of English court’s judgments in Switzerland and vice versa. Given the importance of English courts’ jurisdiction (particularly but not only in international finance transactions) and the trade volumes between Switzerland and the UK, many businesses will benefit.
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Act on the Transparency of Legal Entities
On 22 May 2024 the Federal Council adopted the dispatch on the new Transparency Act for Legal Entities to be submitted to the Swiss parliament. The bill introduces a new federal register of beneficial owners of legal entities as well as new due diligence duties for risky activities in the legal profession, following the purpose of enhancing effectiveness of the Swiss framework for combating money laundering and terrorist financing. Furthermore, the bill aims compliance with international standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
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The new Limited Qualified Investor Fund (L-QIF) – What is it and who is it for?
Following our recent newsletter contributions on this topic, please be informed about key developments regarding a new structuring option for collective investment schemes (funds) in Switzerland, the so-called «L-QIF«, that offers attractive opportunities, in particular for banks, pension funds, and Swiss-based family offices.
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