We advise on the development and construction, equity and debt funding, mergers and acquisitions, project financing and general commercial aspects of the airports and airport infrastructure sector.  

We have expertise in relation to airport financing agreements, project documentation (including EPC contracts, concession arrangements, landing slot agreements, fuel supply and maintenance contracts, ground handling arrangements, airport insurances and air traffic control) as well as regulatory and legislative regimes.

Our senior lawyers boast a comprehensive understanding of the key issues affecting clients in the aviation industry in terms of security, safety, regulation and competition, keeping an awareness of the regulatory environment for airlines and organisations in the wider aviation space. This allows our team to successfully advise on the complexities and nuances of aviation projects.

Some of the transactions advised on by Trinity and its team members in the airports and airport infrastructure sector:

• Acting for the borrower in connection with the €400 million financing of the new Dakar airport by AFD, AFDB and IDB – Senegal
• Advising IFC and the Government of Timor-Leste on structuring and implementing a transaction scheme for private sector participation and upgrading and operating the Nicolau Lobato International Airport in the capital city Dili – Timor-Leste
• Representing the sponsor in relation to the concessioning and financing of Kilimanjaro Airport – Tanzania
• Acting for the lenders (including ABSA and FMO) in relation to the proposed financing of Maputo International Airport – Mozambique
• Acting for the sellers in relation to the disposal of its majority stake in an airport operating company – Tanzania
• Advised Lufthansa Consulting, as lead advisor to the Government of the Republic of Congo on the development of an airport village for the Brazzaville Airport – Republic of Congo
• Advising the consortium establishing a new multinational airline in West and Central Africa – Pan-African