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Foley’s attorneys focused on the airport and aviation industry regularly provide counsel on the legal, regulatory, financing, and contractual issues facing airport operators.
Our Airport & Aviation team understands the challenges and opportunities that arise daily at your airport because our attorneys have served the industry inside (e.g., as deputy chief legal counsel at Boston-Logan International Airport) and out. We leverage our substantial experience to craft practical solutions to your legal issues — from airline use and lease agreements, sophisticated financings, intergovernmental negotiation, and Part 16 and OIG matters to PFC matters, procurement and other contracting issues, Safety Management Systems (SMS), and tenant relocation.

Specific areas of experience include:

  • Airline use and lease agreements
  • Airline rates and charges, and rates ordinances
  • Bankruptcy
  • Complex airport development projects
  • Concessions
  • Construction disputes
  • Federal grants and letters of intent
  • Financing airport development
  • First Amendment issues
  • Fuel system development
  • Interest rate swaps
  • Intergovernmental negotiation
  • Land acquisition and eminent domain
  • Legislative and regulatory issues
  • Part 16 and OIG matters
  • PFC matters
  • Public-private partnerships
  • Procurement and other contracting issues
  • Rental car and ground transportation issues
  • Revenue diversion issues
  • Safety Management Systems
  • Security issues and TSA regulatory compliance
  • Tenant relocation

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Complex Transactions and Airport Development
When you are grappling with the complex legal requirements of your airport development matters, our attorneys have experience to assist you.
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Airport Regulatory Counsel
We provide counsel on federal regulatory requirements, and partner with your airport general counsel to advise on a variety of TSA, FAA and U.S. Department of Transportation OIG matters.
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Airport Rates — Use and Lease Agreements and Rate Ordinances
We structure, prepare, and negotiate use and lease agreements to establish flexible business and operating relationships with your airline tenants and users.
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Airport Concessions
Our airport clients allow us to represent them in negotiations with commercial concessions tenants and licensees, and a variety of other operators including hotel, public parking and advertisers.
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Financing Services for Airports
Our Finance attorneys have extensive experience to help you with every type of sophisticated financing mechanism specific to airports.
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Airport, Airline, and Airport Tenant Bankruptcy Services
During the past 25 years, we have represented a consortia of airports, ranging from large hubs to small airports, in all major airline bankruptcies.
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Airport Operations
We work with you to develop effective rules and regulations, minimum standards, internal policies, and other legal guidelines to regulate the operations and activities of airport tenants and guests.
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Land Acquisition for Airports
We have participated in the acquisition of more than $750 million of land for airport expansion, facility improvement, and environmental compliance.
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Airport Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Our litigators can represent you in a wide variety of matters, including defense of Part 16 complaints alleging violation of federal grant assurances.
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Intergovernmental Negotiation
We can assist you in reaching mutually satisfactory arrangements with other governmental parties and partners.
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