AVIATION
Joel Shapiro's aviation practice is focused on assisting a variety of clients in acquiring, financing, leasing, and managing aircraft including:
- Regional, national, and international clients (individuals and corporations) in all facets relating to the purchase and sale of corporate aircraft
- Individuals and companies in negotiating and purchasing a fractional interest in an aircraft from one of the larger fractional providers/managers in the marketplace
- Individuals and companies in negotiations and documentation of aircraft management or leasing agreements under Parts 91 and 135 of the Federal Aviation Regulations
- Aviation lenders in connection with all facets of the financing agreements as well as the process of repossessing and foreclosing upon aircraft
Joel is a frequent lecturer on aviation issues, including:
- Speaker, “So You Want to Be a Fractional Share Owner, But What Happens If the Program Shuts Down,” NBAA Business Aircraft Finance, Registration & Legal Conference, February 2014
- Speaker, “The FAA and Closing an Aircraft Transaction - Reducing Risks in a Closing,” NBAA Business Aircraft Finance, Registration & Legal Conference, February 2013
- Speaker, "Workouts - What Happens When Things Start Going Wrong?” NBAA Business Aircraft Transactions Conference, June 2012
- Speaker, “Asset Recovery and Repossession,” NBAA Business Aircraft Transactions Conference, June 2011
- Speaker, “Repossession and Remedies in Transition," NBAA Aircraft Registration Conference, February 2011
- Speaker, “Tough Business Issues Facing Aircraft Owners/Operators,” InSight 14th Annual Corporate Aircraft Transactions, June 2009
FINANCE
Joel represents debtors, plan-of-reorganization proponents, asset purchasers, institutional lenders, lender groups, creditors, and creditors’ committees. He also focuses his practice on bankruptcy, reorganizations, and workouts, including:
- Acquisition of assets under the Uniform Commercial Code or applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code
- Loan restructuring with secured creditors
- Debtor-in-possession financing
- Intercreditor relationships
Joel is recognized as a leader in the field of bankruptcy and restructuring law by Chambers USA. Chambers sources call him “forthright, with very good business sense” and also note that he is “a terrific lawyer, who is talented, smart, very dedicated to clients and a terrific advocate” and “an exceptional lawyer, who is good on his feet” who “is best known for his prowess in Section 363 sales.” Clients call him “both strategic and tactical” and a “great lawyer who is smart, personable and charming.”
Joel is a frequent writer and lecturer on bankruptcy issues. He recently spoke at the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop on “Anything but Bankruptcy!: ABC’s of Receivership and Other Alternatives” and wrote an article for the Journal of Corporate Renewal regarding the Bankruptcy Abuse, Prevention, and Consumer Protection Act of 2005.