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Robert Cohn
Work Department
Global Regulatory
Position
Senior Counsel
Career
With a decades-long aviation-focused legal career, Bob Cohn is widely recognized as one of the deans of the U.S. aviation bar and has been a leader of Hogan Lovells’ global Aviation practice. Bob advises major U.S. and foreign passenger and cargo airlines, regional airlines, new entrant/low cost carriers, municipalities, airport owners and operators, airport developers, private equity and venture capital firms, maintenance, repair or overhaul companies, and aviation technology companies. Bob has also served as general counsel to one of the first post-deregulation airlines. Under Bob’s leadership, Chambers USA has consistently ranked Hogan Lovells as the top U.S. aviation law firm. Bob’s practice spans every facet of aviation law, including airline licensing and compliance, airport certification and compliance, airport privatization, antitrust, airline investment structures, airport use and lease agreements, aircraft acquisitions and financing, mergers and acquisitions, U.S. export import bank financings, and public private partnerships. He advises clients on domestic and cross-border acquisition, financing and leasing of aircraft, engines, and spare parts, negotiating and obtaining government approvals of global antitrust immunized joint venture alliances, and complex airport privatization (P3) projects.
Languages
English
Memberships
Member, Aero Club
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Federal Bar Association
Member, International Aviation Club
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1969
B.A., Syracuse University, 1966
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
(Hall of Fame)According to clients, Hogan Lovells US LLP has ‘the most knowledgeable, well-informed practice around’. In addition to its traditional aviation work, the Washington DC-based practice stands out for its drone-related credentials: Recent highlights include assisting drone manufacturer Pyka with securing approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate (commercially nationwide) its zero-emission, highly-automated Pelican Spray uncrewed aircraft. The team also routinely works with American Airlines’ regulatory affairs team on FAA and US Department of Transportation (DOT) issues. Consistently mandated by airlines and aerospace companies, Robert Cohn
is highly rated for his aviation-related regulatory, transactional, litigation and government relations advice. As chair of the firm’s global uncrewed aircraft systems practice, Lisa Ellman further serves as executive director of the Commercial Drone Alliance (an independent non-profit industry organization). Also integral to the group are Patrick Rizzi, who regularly acts before the DOT and FAA, and former FAA chief counsel (and acting deputy administrator) Arjun Garg, whose ‘experience is extremely valuable to clients’ and who recently advised the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Tennessee) on FAA policy in relation to an airport’s change in control. The next line of active practitioners includes Matthew Clark, an expert in federal regulatory issues.
Lawyer Rankings
- Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation United States > Transport
- Hall of Fame United States > Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Financial services regulation