Clyde & Co
About Clyde & Co:
Clyde & Co is a dynamic, rapidly expanding global law firm focused on providing a complete legal service to clients in our core sectors including aviation and insurance. It has over 2,000 legal professionals operating from over 50 offices in every region, including Asia Pacific, Canada, the United States, Latin America, Europe, UK, Africa and the Middle-East.
Clyde & Co has over 100 specialist Aviation lawyers on every continent except Antarctica. In business aviation the team advises aircraft owners, operators, managers, lessors and financiers, CAMO providers, fixed based operators, cabin designers and fitters, ground handlers and their respective insurers and reinsurers on a range of matters including acquisitions and sales, financings, licensing, employment, contingency planning, emergency response, prosecutions, claims and subrogated recoveries, as well as uninsured disputes, injunctions, asset detentions and recoveries.
Who's Who Legal consistently recognise Clyde & Co as the world's leading firm in the field of Aviation Law.
Peter Coles, Head of Aviation, Asia Pacific, Partner, Clyde & Co
Peter Coles is a Partner and Head of Clyde & Co's Aviation Practice in Asia Pacific. He is recognised as the longest serving aviation lawyer in Hong Kong and a leading individual specialising in aviation law across multiple jurisdictions.
With over 28 years' experience working for the aviation industry, he handles a broad range of legal advice to the business aviation sector and all of their insurers across Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas. He advises on a broad range of matters including regulatory, commercial, employment, insolvency and enforcement matters, contingency planning, emergency response, health and safety prosecutions, multi-jurisdictional catastrophe and attritional claims (passenger, cargo, aircraft damage etc.) handling. Peter regularly advises on coroner inquests and prosecutions; plaintiff and defence work in uninsured disputes including asset preservation and injunctions, debt recoveries and bankruptcy proceedings; incident/accident response; government investigations, reports and public enquiries; and contingency planning.
Peter is ranked in Chambers Asia Pacific. Chambers states: "Peter Coles is singled out for his focus on the aviation industry. He has extensive experience when it comes to aviation-related insurance claims, and has worked on mandates across the Asia-Pacific region.“ He is also recommended as a Thought Leader in Who’s Who Legal 2020 Transport: Aviation.
Peter is admitted to practice local law in Hong Kong and England and Wales and is also a registered foreign lawyer in Singapore. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a member of the Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA).
