Focus sector
Aviation & aerospace
Aviation and aerospace is a high-value, tightly licensed sector where a single aircraft, engine, or programme contract can carry obligations spanning decades and jurisdictions. Pactis brings disciplined drafting and governance to that environment, grounded in general-counsel experience inside regulated, high-stakes industries.
What we do
Pactis advises aviation and aerospace companies, operators, and their boards on the contracts, governance, and regulatory obligations that sit behind high-value assets and strict licensing frameworks. We negotiate and draft the agreements that move and maintain those assets — leasing and financing structures, MRO and maintenance arrangements, supply, manufacturing, and offset undertakings, and cross-border joint ventures — while engineering risk allocation, warranties, liability, and termination so the position holds under scrutiny. Around the transactions, we build the governance and compliance scaffolding the sector demands: board charters and delegation-of-authority frameworks, internal-control and disclosure programmes aligned with the Companies Law and, where relevant, Capital Market Authority and PDPL requirements, and a clear reading of licensing and regulatory touchpoints with the General Authority of Civil Aviation. Where a matter reaches across borders or calls for reserved or specialist work, Pactis acts as a single point of accountability, coordinating licensed Saudi and international counsel to one coherent standard.
What is included
- Aircraft, engine, and equipment leasing and financing agreements
- MRO, maintenance, and long-term support and service contracts
- Supply, manufacturing, offset, and local-content undertakings
- Joint ventures and cross-border partnership structures
- Risk-allocation, warranty, liability, and dispute-resilience review
- Licensing, governance, and disclosure framework alignment (GACA, Companies Law)
When you need this
- You are negotiating a high-value aircraft lease, financing, or acquisition
- You are entering an MRO, support, or long-term service arrangement
- A foreign manufacturer or operator is forming a venture or partnership with your group
- You face new licensing, local-content, or disclosure obligations in the sector
- Your board needs a governance and delegation-of-authority framework for regulated operations
Scope
PACTIS Legal advises and represents its clients directly on these matters within the Kingdom; where a matter reaches a foreign jurisdiction, it works with licensed local counsel under one accountable standard.
How we engage
This area suits standing counsel on retainer, a defined strategic mandate for a single transaction, a governance and compliance project, or cross-border coordination through a single point of accountability.