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A Law Firm Handling Domestic and International Business Jet Transactions.

There are many factors to consider when buying, operating and selling an aircraft. Start early and build a good team so you can enjoy your new plane.

We work with you and your team to identify your facts and your goals. Business aviation is subject to significant government regulation. We work to help achieve your goals despite complex and conflicting regulations. Talk to us to help you plan to avoid the future pain of dismantling a non-compliant aircraft structure that exposed you to civil penalties, additional state and federal taxes and possible loss of insurance. Your questions can be addressed by our 20+ years of experience handling aviation transactions.

Jetstream Aviation Law is certified by WBENC as a WBE (Women’s Business Enterprise).

Here are some of the areas where Jetstream Law can help:

Buying/Selling

  • Letters of Intent
  • Purchase Agreements
  • Sales Agreements
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Registration

  • FAA Requirements
  • Owner Trust
  • International Registry
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Operations

  • Dry Leases
  • Time Share
  • Management
  • Charter
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Regulatory

  • FAA Regulations
  • Insurance
  • SEC
  • Periodic Reviews
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Tax

  • Sales and Use Tax
  • Federal Income Tax
  • Personal Use
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Michelle helped with the acquisition of our Challenger 604 in 2017, as well as the sale in 2021. She handled every aspect of the transaction with precision and efficiency.

Steve Hudson

We have worked with Michelle on several aircraft purchase and sales transactions over the past 10 years. Michelle is thorough, responsive, creative in solving issues, and extremely knowledgeable of all laws and regulations concerning aircraft transactions. She has proven to be a tremendous resource for our company, and we have thoroughly enjoyed working with her.

RPC

I recently retained the legal services of Michelle Wade of Jetstream Aviation law, P.A, to handle a corporate jet acquisition. Michelle has thorough industry knowledge, extensive experience and a commitment to providing exceptional service. She was a consummate professional and readily available throughout the entire negotiation and purchase of our new corporate jet. Her attention to detail is unsurpassed. She expertly handled the letter of agreement, sales contract and closing documents. After the closing, she assisted us in setting up a dry lease agreement and will provide ongoing support for our operations as needed. In today's world of complex international aircraft acquisitions, I highly recommend that you reach out to Michelle Wade for your aviation legal needs.

Bill DiMauroPresident Jet Acquisitions

As a VP and in-house counsel for Liberty Global focusing on aviation issues, I had the pleasure of working with Michelle Wade for the past 10+ years. She is a superb and highly qualified aviation attorney. She has vast experience in representing domestic and international clients in the operation, financing, purchase, sale, leasing, and private use of corporate aircraft, including related regulatory and tax compliance issues. I very much valued her practical advice and ability to timely and efficiently marshal closings, without exception. I highly recommend her!

Terry Davis

We would like to thank you for all the expert guidance and legal assistance that you have given us over the last 13 years. Your diligence, persistence, and precise handling of all the many dozens of aircraft contracts, leases, sales agreements, and US and European importations have time and again made these tricky legal issues straightforward and painless.

Our success as both a Part 135 and Part 91 operator, flying millions of miles and thousands of hours around the world, could not have happened without your amazing attention to detail and uncanny ability to organize the complex legal documentation required, as well as navigate the laborious legal processes of the increasingly difficult EASA and FAA regulatory authorities.

It has been and absolute pleasure working with you and we look forward to many more years of collaboration.

Nick Venn

Michelle Wade is an exceptional aviation attorney. Her attention to detail and ability to keep the parties advised of the status of complex aircraft transactions is second to none.

My first experience with Michelle was also my first experience with an aircraft sale and purchase. I am an in-house attorney whose principal at the time desired to purchase his aircraft off its lease. During the negotiations and transaction, not only was the aircraft scheduled to be overseas throughout the process and not return until post-closing, it had rental engines on board as the original engines were in Dallas going through their 10-year overhaul. As in most closings, the aircraft needed to be in a tax-free jurisdiction at the time of closing. This not only required the aircraft to be in a specific location of the Geneva airport but also that the engines be shipped from Dallas to Kansas for the closing. Just to add an additional wrinkle the closing was scheduled for Monday 7 July so everyone needed to make these things happen of the 4th of July weekend.

This was all new to me but Michelle’s steady hand and guidance provided me with unshakeable confidence that we would accomplish this closing without issue which of course we did!

Subsequently, we have had the benefit of working together on several aircraft closings, all with their own degrees of complexity, but never with any hitches that could not be overcome or doubt that we would get it done. All thanks to Michelle!

I, without hesitation, highly recommend Michelle as an aviation attorney!

Dean W. Steele

Our Team

When handling business jet transactions we work to satisfy business goals, mitigate risk and address regulatory compliance, liability concerns, tax issues and internal policy compliance.

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Melissa K. Gowin | Legal Assistant & Office Manager with Jetstream Law

Melissa K. Gowin

Senior Legal Assistant / Office Manager

Protect Your Investment with Jetstream

Buying or selling an aircraft can create a legal nightmare for business owners who don’t anticipate the kinds of problems that can arise. You don’t want to wait until a dispute arises about the condition or history of an aircraft, or damage to an aircraft occurs that may or may not be covered by insurance. That is why it’s important that you retain legal representation from an experienced aviation attorney.

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