gbf Attorneys-at-law Ltd

Aviation & Aerospace / Shipping & Yachting / Transport & Logistics / Trade & Distribution

Philippe Wenker is a partner with gbf Attorneys-at Law Ltd and advises airlines, business jet owners (corporations and HNWI), operators and suppliers (maintenance, cargo, catering, aircraft interior completion, etc.) to the aircraft and transport industry on a wide variety of contractual, commercial, corporate, regulatory, tax and contentious and non-contentious matters. A focus of his works relates on aircraft and asset financing matters where he has advised banks, lessors and other financiers in a large number of multinational financing transactions. Furthermore, he regularly advises on aircraft sale and purchase transactions, operating leases (wet and dry) and finance leases as well as on tax-optimised structures to hold and operate aircraft of all categories.

Prior to joining gbf Attorneys-at-law, he worked for a Zurich District Court and various Zurich based business law firms and was a longstanding partner at Blum&Grob Attorneys at Law where he was co-heading of the aviation & transport and asset finance team.

English, German

Philippe Wenker is a member of the Zurich Bar Association, the Swiss Bar Association, the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), the European Air Law Association (EALA) and other relevant industry organisations.

Philippe Wenker graduated from the University of Zurich in 1996 and has been admitted to the Zurich Bar in 2000. He also holds a master of laws (LLM) of the New York University School of Law.