Ganado Advocates

Ganado Advocates is a law firm in Valletta, Malta, with a second office, Ganado SARL, in Luxembourg. The firm traces its roots in Valletta back to the 1800s and has more than eighty lawyers and other professionals. Its aviation team advises aircraft financiers, owners, lessors, lessees and operators.

The firm helped shape Malta's aviation law. It drafted the Aircraft Registration Act of 2010 and advised on Malta joining the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and its Aircraft Protocol. That law lets owners grant mortgages over aircraft, lets international interests be registered over aircraft and engines, and allows IDERAs to be filed.

Aviation services

• Aircraft registration in Malta, from eligibility checks to work with the Civil Aviation Directorate
• Help with Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and Operating Licence applications
• Aircraft finance: security interests over Malta registered aircraft, syndicated loans and securitisations
• Aircraft leasing: structuring, documents and closing for lenders, lessors and lessees
• Tax advice for aircraft ownership and operations in Malta
• Aircraft repossession, from pre-default planning to enforcement
• Corporate and company secretarial work for aviation companies

The aviation team works with the firm's tax, corporate, litigation, banking and finance, and capital markets lawyers, so clients can get all their legal advice in one place.

Other practice areas

Ganado Advocates also works in maritime and ship finance, yachting, banking, financial services, trusts, investment services and arbitration. Its lawyers lecture at the University of Malta, and the firm runs an Institute of Legal Studies for training.

Who it is for

The aviation team works with banks and other financiers, aircraft lessors and lessees, airlines and business jet operators, and private aircraft owners using the Malta register.

Contact

Ganado Advocates, 171 Old Bakery Street, Valletta VLT 1455, Malta. Phone +356 2123 5406. Luxembourg office: Ganado SARL, phone +352 26 63 01 01.