Aviation and Shipping

Cains acts for some of the world's leading financiers, airlines, lessors and aircraft manufacturers. The lawyers in Cains' aviation practice group are regularly involved in complex multi-jurisdictional aircraft financing and leasing transactions in respect of both commercial and business aviation. As a result of their involvement in, and familiarity with, such transactions, they are well equipped to meet the demands inherent in the global nature of such transactions and the timescales to which they are typically subject.

Cains' shipping practice group not only provides first class legal services to ship owners, financiers and managers, but also actively participates in the organisation and presentation of roadshows in the major international shipping centres, promoting the Isle of Man as a shipping jurisdiction. Its lawyers are in regular and close contact with the Isle of Man Ship Registry.

The Isle of Man is not regarded as a "flag of convenience" and is widely acknowledged as exercising an appropriate, but not excessive, level of regulation of its shipping industry. As a result, it has acquired a reputation as an attractive jurisdiction in which to register ships.

The shipping practice group's clients include major international ship owning conglomerates, ship management groups and financial institutions involved in ship finance. Its practice involves ship finance transactions and advising ship management operations in the Isle of Man.

For more details please contact: Steven Quayle or Mike Edwards.