WH Partners

WH Partners is a business law firm with its main office in Ta' Xbiex, Malta, and a second Malta office in Valletta. The firm also has offices or partner firms in Italy, Romania, the UAE, Poland and the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Its aviation team advises airlines, aircraft owners, lenders, lessors, operators and investors. Clients include AOC holders registered in Malta. The team works on the whole life of an aircraft, from buying and registering it to financing, operating, leasing, restructuring and selling it. It has also helped clients enforce IDERAs in Malta.

Aviation services

• Aircraft registration and ownership structures
• Aviation regulatory advice and compliance
• Support for Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and Air Operating Licence (AOL) applicants
• Aircraft financing and leasing deals
• Aircraft mortgages and security interests
• Cape Town Convention and creditor rights, SPVs, trusts and fractional ownership
• Aviation tax and VAT advice
• Corporate and transaction support
• Aviation disputes and enforcement, including IDERAs and DPOAs
• Regulatory investigations
• Sale, purchase and transfer of aircraft

Why Malta, in the firm's words

• Dedicated aviation laws and protection for creditors
• A register that takes commercial and private aircraft, trusts, SPVs and fractional ownership
• A mortgage regime and the Cape Town Convention to protect lenders
• Tax benefits, including VAT treatment and a wide treaty network

The aviation team works with the firm's corporate, finance, tax and dispute resolution lawyers. In 2026 the firm sent feedback to the Malta Financial Services Authority on its proposed rules for aircraft financial leasing.

Offices and contact

Ta' Xbiex: Quantum House, 75 Abate Rigord Street, Ta' Xbiex XBX 1120, Malta.

Valletta: Level 2, 36 Archbishop Street, Valletta VLT 1447, Malta.

Phone +356 2092 5100, email contact@whpartners.eu.