Amy Karnikian

She advises airlines, high net worth individuals, and Fortune 500 corporate flight departments on operating structure matters such as leasing, timeshare, and fractional ownership agreements, as well as the sale and purchase of aircraft. Amy also advises investors on the regulatory impact of investment in aviation-related businesses or those that own and/or operate aircraft. Additionally, Amy advises commercial space clients on transactional and regulatory matters.

Her prior law firm experience focused on advising on commercial aircraft sales, leasing, finance, restructuring, and a variety of other cross-border transactions. Her clientele included aircraft lessors, financial institutions, and airlines. She has led the negotiations of high value sale-leaseback and financing transactions spanning various jurisdictions, aircraft maintenance contracts with OEMs and MROs, lease novations in connection with sale and purchase transactions, and various other corporate and transactional matters in the aviation space.

In addition to her firm work, Amy spent a year as a legal secondee at Amazon where she supported the Global Amazon Air cargo business on a wide range of matters.

Prior to her legal career, she worked for a leading aircraft lessor, where her passion for aviation took root.