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Planning and Closing Your Aircraft Transaction
The Russian Market
The Russian Market
Atlantic Aviation Legal Services provides efficient, cost-effective, and professional legal services for the purchase, sale, financing, registration, leasing, operation and chartering of your aircraft.
We collaborate with aircraft owners, operators and lessees to guide your team of aircraft brokers, lenders, insurers, lawyers, technical re
Atlantic Aviation Legal Services provides efficient, cost-effective, and professional legal services for the purchase, sale, financing, registration, leasing, operation and chartering of your aircraft.
We collaborate with aircraft owners, operators and lessees to guide your team of aircraft brokers, lenders, insurers, lawyers, technical representatives, accountants, pilots, management and charter companies, escrow agents, and owner trustees through all aspects of buying, selling, owning and operating your aircraft.
We advise on compliance with the Federal Aviation Regulations, federal excise tax compliance, and federal income tax planning including depreciation and personal use of corporate aircraft. We advise on state sales and use tax planning, and FAA and Cape Town International Registry registration.
We draft and negotiate:
* Letters of intent and offer letters, aircraft purchase agreements, dry leases, and fractional share purchases;
* Financing arrangements, including loans and leases;
* Federal income tax and federal excise tax planning, including general depreciation planning and disallowance issues;
* State tax planning;
* Structuring transactions to comply with FAR Part 91 and FAR Part 135;
* Aircraft registration on the FAA Registry, the Cape Town International Registry, and other registries;
* Charter and/or Part 91 management agreements and pilot services agreements;
* Corporate structuring;
* Risk management/insurance;
* Import and export procedures;
* Time sharing, interchange and joint ownership agreements; and
* Ownership trusts to satisfy US registration requirements.
The Russian Market
The Russian Market
The Russian Market
The Russian market for business aviation will benefit in 2020 and beyond by the creation in Russia, from January 1, 2020, of an exemption from import VAT, and the cessation of operation of foreign-registered aircraft that are not customs-cleared in Russia from operation in Russia on charter flights. Please see the attached articles for more information.
About Us
Derek Bloom
Derek Bloom
Derek Bloom
Derek Bloom has focused his practice on aircraft transactions since 2006, representing aircraft brokers and private individuals. Derek holds a Masters Degree in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center (1989) a J.D. from Boston University School of Law (1984), and a B.A. from Brown University (1981). Derek is a member of the Bar A
Derek Bloom has focused his practice on aircraft transactions since 2006, representing aircraft brokers and private individuals. Derek holds a Masters Degree in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center (1989) a J.D. from Boston University School of Law (1984), and a B.A. from Brown University (1981). Derek is a member of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Derek has recently been listed in The International Who’s Who of Aviation Lawyers as an expert on Russian aviation matters and is fluent in Russian. He has represented Russian clients in multiple aircraft purchases and sales, and advises on the operation of foreign registered aircraft in Russia. Mobile: +1-202-230-9443 Email: DerekBloom@AtlanticAviationLegal.com
Paul Lucey
Derek Bloom
Derek Bloom
Paul Lucey has nearly thirty years of experience in various types of civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution, with a primary emphasis on representing corporate clients in insurance-coverage litigation with their insurers. Paul is a 1981 graduate of Harvard College (A.B., Government) and a 1991 graduate of Cornell Law School (
Paul Lucey has nearly thirty years of experience in various types of civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution, with a primary emphasis on representing corporate clients in insurance-coverage litigation with their insurers. Paul is a 1981 graduate of Harvard College (A.B., Government) and a 1991 graduate of Cornell Law School (J.D.), where he was a member and editor of the Cornell Law Review. He is admitted to practice in the state courts of the District of Columba, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and North Carolina, in a number of federal district courts, and in the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the First and Fourth Circuits. Mobile: +1-571-324-2172 Email: PaulLucey@AtlanticAviationLegal.com
Alena Hergott
Kirill Ratnikov
Kirill Ratnikov
Alena Hergott is an associate with the firm who is based in Geneva, Switzerland. Alena has been focusing her practice on aircraft transactions since 2010 when she joined the business aviation department of a Moscow based US law firm. Alena holds a Masters and a PhD degrees in international law. Her Masters academic research was focused o
Alena Hergott is an associate with the firm who is based in Geneva, Switzerland. Alena has been focusing her practice on aircraft transactions since 2010 when she joined the business aviation department of a Moscow based US law firm. Alena holds a Masters and a PhD degrees in international law. Her Masters academic research was focused on aviation leasing (2010) and her PhD thesis was on the Regulation of General Aviation (2013). Alena obtained her bachelor’s degree at the National Aviation University in Kiev (2008). Alena has published a number of articles in various Russian professional periodicals covering practical aspects of international aircraft leasing, legal issues pertaining to protection of air passenger rights and maintenance in general aviation.
Kirill Ratnikov
Kirill Ratnikov
Kirill Ratnikov
Kirill Ratnikov is Senior Counsel for Russia and CIS countries and is based in Moscow, Russia. Kirill is highly positioned in international and Russian legal rankings and also known for his work in Kazakhstan and the CIS. Kirill Ratnikov graduated from the law faculty of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, earned his Ph.D. from
Kirill Ratnikov is Senior Counsel for Russia and CIS countries and is based in Moscow, Russia. Kirill is highly positioned in international and Russian legal rankings and also known for his work in Kazakhstan and the CIS. Kirill Ratnikov graduated from the law faculty of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, earned his Ph.D. from the Institute of State and Law of Russian Academy of Sciences, received his LL.M. degree at Yale University Law School and studied European Union law in the Netherlands (on EU scholarship). For more than 20 years, he has worked at major international law firms.
Mobile: +7-962-985-5361 Email: KirillRatnikov@AtlanticAviationLegal.com