Timothy J. Lynes

Timothy J. Lynes
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Professional Biography:

Timothy J. Lynes is the head of the firm’s Aviation practice. He has been representing manufacturers, lessors, airlines and their insurers in the sale, leasing and financing of aircraft for more than 25 years. Much of Tim’s practice involves structuring aircraft sale agreements, cross-border and tax leases, loans, chattel mortgages, residual value and credit support agreements and aviation insurance policies. He also regularly advises clients on Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration regulatory issues.

Articles in the National Law Review database by Timothy J. Lynes

Court Finds That Payment on Aircraft Lease Security Deposit Letters of Credit Would Not Have Violated the United Kingdom's Sanctions Against Russia (Posted On Thursday, March 30, 2023)
Leased Aircraft Stranded in Russia: A Survey of the Pending Insurance Claim Litigation in Different Jurisdictions (Posted On Tuesday, January 3, 2023)
US Moves to Seize Aircraft for Apparent Violation of Export Controls (Posted On Wednesday, October 12, 2022)
Features of the Hong Kong Airlines Restructuring Plan (Posted On Tuesday, October 4, 2022)
Protecting the Financer of the Conversion of a Passenger Aircraft to a Freighter (Posted On Tuesday, September 13, 2022)
BIS Identifies First Foreign-Produced Commercial Aircraft Exported to Russia in Apparent Violation of US Export Controls (Posted On Wednesday, August 3, 2022)
Aircraft Lessors Should Prepare for UK Restructuring Processes (Posted On Monday, June 13, 2022)
BIS Takes Enforcement Action Against Russian Airlines — but not Lessors or Financers — For Flights to or Within Russia (Posted On Friday, April 8, 2022)
BIS Grants Authorization of Aircraft to Leave Russia and Updates List of Aircraft Operating in or to Russia in Violation of Export Controls (Posted On Thursday, March 31, 2022)
Commerce Department Identification of Aircraft Exported to Russia in Violation of Export Controls Offers Guidance on Whether the Continued Leasing or Finance of Aircraft in Russia Violates US Law (Posted On Monday, March 21, 2022)
Avoiding Flight Schedule Disruption When Replacing the Owner Trustee of a Leased Aircraft Registered in the United States (Posted On Thursday, September 9, 2021)
What a Lessor and Secured Lender Should Expect From an Opinion Letter of Local Counsel in a Cross-Border Lease (Posted On Monday, June 21, 2021)
Buyer Due Diligence in Acquisitions of Leased Aircraft: Lease Document Review and Seller and Lessee Representations (Posted On Thursday, May 20, 2021)
Structuring and Practice for Aircraft Leases to Prevent Lease Payments From Being Clawed Back in a Lessee Bankruptcy (Posted On Friday, April 9, 2021)
The Desirability of Registering a New International Interest When Extending the Term of a Lease (Posted On Friday, March 12, 2021)
Flying Private: Owning, Operating and Financing Corporate Aircraft (Posted On Monday, March 1, 2021)
Structuring a PDP Loan to Protect the Lender From an Airline Bankruptcy (Posted On Friday, February 19, 2021)
Protecting a Lessor Against the Recharacterization in Bankruptcy of a Full Payout Aircraft Lease as a Disguised Security Agreement (Posted On Monday, January 11, 2021)
Commercial Aviation Panel (Posted On Wednesday, December 23, 2020)
ADS-B OUT Compliance as Part of Lease Redelivery Conditions (Posted On Wednesday, November 25, 2020)

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Aviation Industry and COVID-19

Katten is a National Law Review Go-To Thought Leader for the firm’s thought leadership on the Coronavirus pandemic's impact on the aviation industry, specifically the government’s ongoing operation support for the airlines and aviation finance and leases. Katten’s thought leadership in aviation addresses leases and financing and the insurance of aircraft assets during bankruptcies, as well as government regulation and oversight of the aviation industry including the Treasury Department’s payroll support for airline workers and special payments earmarked for the airline industry under the CARES Act. The following Katten attorney authors were notable aviation law contributors in 2020: Lisa A. Clark, Tom Healey, Stewart B. Herman, Timothy J. Lynes, Brett J. Seifarth, and Miran Vila.