Clients describe the transport practice at Boyanov & Co. as ‘incredibly efficient, communicative and sophisticated’. The team has a notably specialism in the aviation sector, where they have extensive experience on aircraft lease acquisitions and aircraft finance transactions on behalf of Bulgarian airlines, through the specialist expertise of practice head Raina Dimitrova and senior associate Trayan Targov. The practice has also recently handled a number of mandates in the automotive sector.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The Boynov team is incredibly efficient, communicative and sophisticated.’

  • ‘Raina Dimitrova and Trayan Targov are both incredibly sharp - we always feel in good hands when using them on our matters.’

  • ‘We are most happy with the services provided to us by Boyanov & Co throughout many years of various transactions in this jurisdiction. They provide very prompt and helpful service and we have come to rely on their expertise on diverse matters (both full transactions and for smaller queries).’

  • ‘Special mention to both Raina and Trayan for always being available and for their swift and efficient responses. They both seem to anticipate what we will need for any given transaction and will have the documentation prepared or amended as soon as the transaction commences.’

Key clients

  • Macquarie Aircraft Leasing Services (Ireland) Limited
  • Halo AirFinance
  • Maverick Horizon Limited (part of Vector Group)
  • Aquila Air Capital
  • Carlyle Aviation Partners
  • Aurick One Limited
  • Crestone Air Partners
  • FTAI Aviation
  • Merx Aviation
  • TrueAero
  • Aircastle
  • GA Telesis
  • Aero Capital Solutions
  • Gryphon Aviation Leasing
  • Wizz Air Hungary
  • Avolon
  • Volkswagen Group
  • Nippon Express Holdings, Inc.

Work highlights

  • Advised Crestone Air Partners on the acquisition, refinancing, pledging and lease novation of two Boeing 737-800 aircraft leased to Compass Cargo Airlines.
  • Advised GA Telesis, a US-based global aerospace company, on Bulgarian legal matters related to purchasing an Airbus A320 aircraft from the Irish leasing company Avolon.
  • Advised Nippon Express on the acquisition of Cargo-Partner subsidiaries in Central and Eastern Europe.

Lawyers

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Trayan Targov
Boyanov & Co.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Raina Dimitrova

Other key lawyers

Trayan Targov