International Comparative Legal Guides

I am privileged to be invited once again to preface ICLG - Aviation Finance & Leasing, particularly following the success of last year's inaugural publication and its arrival as one of the most comprehensive legal guides available for this specialist subject. K&L Gates LLP is pleased to serve once more as the Guide's Contributing Editor.
The exceptional challenges presented by the COVID-19 global pandemic have, perhaps counterintuitively, reinforced the vital role and significance of aviation finance, both globally and regionally. What was already a hugely dynamic and complex industry continues to evolve at even greater speed in response to world events, with the result that no less than simply the best from the best of those legal practitioners specialising in aviation finance will be required by the various stakeholders in support of those developments.
It is to be expected that this will include, as a minimum, extensive consolidation in the leasing markets, widespread restructuring of airlines and operations, the need to manage increased governmental and other political influence, environmental regulation on an altogether different scale, a flood of capital requiring risk-assessed deployment, a significant amount of trading and financing of distressed assets at low interest rates, and a diversified approach to aircraft financing in the cargo space, and all against the background of an intensive focus on growth in niche areas.
The availability of aviation finance and leasing, and in particular the lessons learnt and solutions that work in the changed landscape of the global economy, will therefore be a major contributor to the rehabilitation process as hopefully we emerge into a more certain future. It promises to be a demanding journey, but a very interesting and rewarding one.
With all this in mind, the invitation to participate in the Guide on this occasion was unsurprisingly well received by some of the world's leading law firms, as well as other partners involved in the project.
Our sincere thanks therefore go to both Global Legal Group for their efforts in again bringing together such preeminent contributors and to those involved for so generously sharing their knowledge and expertise in a single volume. The quality and value of this edition of the Guide as an authoritative reference work for matters pertaining to aviation finance and leasing is thereby assured.
I hope you find this latest edition of the Guide an indispensable working companion as well as an interesting read in its own right.