Ilya Dvorkin

Ilya Dvorkin is our exclusively recommended Aviation Law expert in Russia on the Advisory Excellence website. If you need assistance in this area, please contact Ilya directly using the contact details above.

Ilya leads Allen & Overy’s Aircraft Finance practice in Russia and joined the Moscow office in 2008. He is a recognised expert in this field and acts for all of the leading players in the Russian market. He previously spent 18 months in Allen & Overy’s London office as a member of the Structured and Asset Finance team, acting for major lessors and financial institutions on complex cross-border asset finance transactions.

Ilya’s practice features a wide range of aircraft financing matters, including pre-delivery payment financing’s, ECA financing’s, portfolio sales and leasing, as well as related Russian tax, customs and regulatory issues.

Ilya was the first lawyer to successfully lead the repossession of aircraft from Russia on behalf of an international lessor. Among others, he advised leading international lessors on the KrasAir and KD Avia cases. He also represented major aircraft lessors and banks on their restructurings and on airline bankruptcy cases in Russia.

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