International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Dr. Gudrun Bechtloff of Schierk & Bechtloff. Dr. Gudrun has joined IR as our exclusive Aviation Law Member in Germany.
Dr. Gudrun Bechtloff is together with Werner Schierk founding partner of the firm. She has litigation and consultancy experience from more than 25 years in the aviation business.
Gudrun Bechtloff attended school in Germany and India. From 1976 – 1985 legal studies in Hamburg and Washington D.C.. In 1985 admission to the law bar in Hamburg, later Berlin. From 1989 to 1990 she was sole managing director of a Hamburg based airline, operating Fokker 100 and de Havilland Dash-8/100 and 300 aircraft in scheduled and charter operation.
As lawyer her domain of activity is private and public aviation law, international commercial law and the law of the European Union. Focal points of her work are both litigation law and contract consultancy.
Her civil law expertise encompasses all legal issues resulting from aircraft operation, aircraft maintenance, ground handling, labour law and law of damages, the latter both as a result of damage to aircraft and to third parties and passenger claims, as well as subsidies issues, airport fees, security charges and other imposts. Further, she represents airlines in litigation and arbitration proceedings with regard to all civil matters, insurance claims, corporate D&O, product and public liability claims.
The field of public law expertise encompasses advice and litigation with regard to administration orders of the German Ministry of Transport and Federal Civil Aviation Authority (Luftfahrt-Bundesamt), including e.g. operators licenses, traffic rights, approvals and licences, security and other administrative fees.
Her commercial law activities comprise all matters of trade and commercial law, leasing law, labour law, general terms and conditions, competition and IT-law as well as corporate law.
Schierk & Bechtloff is a well-established law firm specialized in aviation law. The firm is based in Hamburg, Germany, with a branch office in Berlin.
Schierk & Bechtloff has a deep insight into the aviation sector gained over decades leading to an understanding of the aviation business also from the commercial and operational perspective.
We offer our clients the benefits of many years of in-depth experience on the full range of aviation matters. We provide our aviation expertise to clients domestically and internationally and assist airline operators, both for private and commercial operation, aircraft maintenance and repair organisations, leasing companies, banks, insurance companies and aircraft manufacturers.
We have attended aircraft lease and purchase transactions – new and used aircraft – in the total amount of more than four billion US Dollars and aircraft lease transactions for more than 500 airplanes.
If you have a requirement in this area, please get in touch with Dr. Gudrun directly or with the International Referral head office for an introduction.