‘Personalised attention, high availability and adjustment to the client’s real needs’ are the calling cards of the group at Augusta Abogados. Areas of expertise for the team include aircraft sale, lease and finance transactions, repossessions in insolvency scenarios and the handling of air passenger claims. Domestic and international airlines, helicopter operators and financial institutions routinely look to the practice group for support. Leadership is shared between ‘outstanding professional’ Sergi Giménez and Jaime Fernández Cortés. Giménez specialises in aviation and M&A transactions; Fernández Cortés, for his part, focuses on passenger claims. David Castaño left the firm in March 2024 for an in-house position.

Clyde & Co LLP houses a strong transport department that offers airlines, airport operators, government agencies and insurance companies assistance with aircraft losses, passenger claims, regulatory matters and litigation. Enrique Navarro steers the practice and specialises in advising on aircraft accidents, aeronautical inspections, contractual disputes and competition law mandates. Also noted are Javier Hernández-Valenciano, a name to note for shipping and energy disputes; Carlos Cid, who regularly defends airlines and manufacturers in accidents, contractual disputes and incidents due to climatic catastrophes; and Cristina Pérez, who handles litigation, arbitration and insolvency proceedings.

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo is equipped to advise on aviation, automotive and logistics matters, namely regulatory work, financings and litigation. Leadership is shared between Fernando Herrero, Ainara Rentería and Miguel Ángel García Otero. Herrero leads on asset financing, banking and debt capital markets transactions; Rentería advises automotive industry players on regulatory mandates; and García Otero specialises in inland transport and logistics matters. José Canalejas excels in structured finance, project finance and asset finance.

The ‘responsive, reliable, practical and experienced’ team at López-Ibor Abogados is highly specialised in aviation matters and routinely advises foreign lessors of aircraft and banks on leasings and financings. Regulatory and contentious mandates constitute additional core areas of expertise. Alfonso López-Ibor, praised for his ‘experience and practical approach’, steers the practice and specialises in corporate law, aircraft financing, litigation and arbitration. Olivia López-Ibor advises operators and lessors on the sale, lease and financing of aircraft. Pablo Stöger is an additional key contact for commercial, air transport, procedural and banking law matters.

The team at Eversheds Sutherland, which is lauded for its ‘deep knowledge of the subject’, is equipped to support in a range of rail matters that include concessions, related infrastructure projects, litigation and regulatory work. Leadership is shared between a group of five lawyers, comprising ‘indispensable adviser’ Alberto Dorrego, who specialises in public law; Antonio Bravo, who focuses on dispute resolution, Crisanto Pérez-Abad, a name for competition law; Marta González, who handles IP and litigation matters; and employment law expert Jacobo Martínez.

The group at Pérez-Llorca routinely assists airlines, manufacturers, and logistics and service companies with corporate, commercial and public law matters. The team is also equipped to act in disputes involving rail transport. Julio Lujambio steers the practice and specialises in capital markets, corporate law and M&A transactions. Additional names to note include Beatriz García, who focuses on litigation and competition law, and Natalia Olmos, a litigation and public procurement specialist.

Lauded by one client as ‘highly specialised in Spanish and international law applicable to the transport of goods’, the team at Rogers & Co. Abogados is well positioned to handle a range of contentious mandates for clients in the aviation and logistics segments. Practice head Luis Alberto García, who is praised as ‘fantastic in terms of expertise, availability and efficiency’, excels in litigation relating to road, rail, aviation and shipping. Marie Rogers is an additional name to note.

The team at Watson Farley & Williams LLP handles financing and regulatory mandates for commercial aircraft, helicopters and private jets. It is also well placed to advise rail operators on financings. The practice is jointly led by Alfredo Cabellos and Laura Cadenas, both of whom specialise in transport financings and registrations, as well as insolvency and regulatory issues.