Chambers Aviation Finance & Leasing 2025 (UAE): Our contribution and key insights

Our firm’s contribution to Chambers and Partners Aviation Finance & Leasing 2025 (UAE) has been published, authored by Managing Partner Amna Al Jallaf, Counsel Ihab Arja, and Senior Associate Divya Malhotra. The Law & Practice and Trends & Developments chapters provide a clear, practical view of the UAE’s aviation finance ecosystem, mapping the interaction between domestic regulation and international instruments to deliver predictability for lenders, lessors, and operators. The analysis highlights how the Cape Town Convention and IDERA mechanisms support efficient asset-based financing and deregistration, and how established GCAA procedures underpin timely registration, airworthiness oversight, and enforcement. The commentary also addresses the considerations shaping transaction structuring and execution, including corporate income tax and VAT treatment, cross-border platforms and SPVs, security perfection and remedies, and documentation trends that manage redelivery, maintenance, insurance, and sanctions risk. Against a backdrop of resilient demand, fleet renewal, and diversified funding sources, the 2025 outlook underscores a maturing market with greater enforcement clarity, enhanced risk allocation, and growing attention to sustainability and digitalization. Our aviation team remains available to discuss the implications for upcoming mandates and portfolio strategies.