Acuity Law

Corporate

Diego’s experience extends for over 20 years in Aviation, handling aircraft financing, purchase and sale transactions for airlines, lenders, high-net-worth individuals and operators. He also project manages aircraft and fleet acquisitions from contract negotiation to delivery.

Diego qualified as a Spanish abogado in 2000 and as an English solicitor in 2009. He trained and spent five years at Iberia Airlines in Madrid as legal counsel, where he gained considerable experience with the airline in multijurisdictional work.

Diego moved to London in December 2007, entering into private practice. Since then, he has advised clients on ownership and operating structures, negotiating and drafting loan, lease and purchase agreements, security documentation, and all ancillary documentation, including registration applications, legal opinions, and conditions precedent for delivery, insurance, and escrow arrangements.

Diego also has extensive experience in regulatory, commercial dispute resolution, corporate law, and commercial agreements, including aircraft operating and maintenance contracts.

Expertise:

• Aircraft acquisition and sale – project management from letter of intent to delivery
• Aircraft finance – operating and finance leases and secured debt finance
• ACMI, dry leasing and chartering
• Ownership and operating structures, impact on tax (including VAT and import taxes)
• Regulatory compliance; commercial air transport, Part-NCC and Operational Control
• Aircraft Registration; International Registry & Cape Town Convention advice
• Power by the Hour, maintenance agreements and service programmes
• Commercial dispute resolution
• Corporate compliance; General Terms and Conditions and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)