Legal Advisory Panel
The work of AWG is enhanced by an external legal advisory panel, that comprises leading practitioners of international aviation finance law. The main purposes of the Legal Advisory Panel (Panel) are:

  • To provide thoughts and support to AWG on the implementation and institutionalisation of the Cape Town Convention, and
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  • To discuss, critique and provide advice to AWG on other possible law reform activities consistent with its purpose.

PANEL MEMBERS

The Panel is currently chaired by Catherine Duffy (A&L Goodbody). The vice chair is Dean Gerber (Vedder Price). Former chairs were John Pritchard (Holland Knight), Donald Gray (Blake, Cassels & Graydon), and Stephen McGairl (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer).

The members of the Panel are:

Abogados Sierra y Vàzquez
Carlos Sierra


A&L Goodbody
Catherine Duffy (Chair)


Bennett Jones
Patrick Brennan


Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Donald Gray


Clifford Chance
Geoffrey White


Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Robert Murphy


Fulbright and Jaworski
James Tussing


Ganado & Associates, Advocates
Max Ganado


Holland & Knight
John Pritchard


Ince & Co International Law Firm
Amna Aljallaf


Kaye Scholer
Michael Mulitz


King & Wood
Wang Ling


Milbank Tweed
Helfried Schwarz


Norton Rose
Kenneth Gray


Pillsbury Winthrop
Payson Coleman


Rajinder Narain & Co
Ravinder Nath


Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
Rory Kelleher


Simpson Thatcher
Alan Brenner


Vedder Price
Dean Gerber (Vice Chair)



Association of Aircraft Title Lawyers represented by:

Daugherty, Fowler, Peregrin & Haught
Robert Peregrin


McAfee & Taft
Frank Polk


PRACTITIONER'S GUIDE TO THE CAPE TOWN CONVENTION

AWG supervises the work of its Legal Advisory Panel on the relationship between Cape Town Convention and contractual practices. By contractual practices, we mean contractual provisions, registration of interests, and legal opinion practice. The work of the Panel seeks to promote informed and efficient contracting under the Cape Town Convention.

Building on prior publications, the Panel has published a comprehensive Practitioner's Guide designed to provide practical assistance to practitioners in working with the Cape Town Convention. It will be updated periodically.

Comments on the Practitioner's Guide – or on legal developments in any country relating, directly or indirectly, to the Cape Town Convention – should be sent to the AWG secretary general: jeffrey.wool@awg.aero