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Sophie Brophy

Sophie Brophy

Legal Director
London
About

Sophie is a Legal Director in the Aviation Team, specialising in (inter)national commercial litigation and arbitration and pre-action assistance in the aftermath of air accidents and product liability issues. Her clients include aircraft manufacturers, insurers, airlines, ground handling companies and airports.

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising a helicopter manufacturer and its insurers in respect of world-wide losses claimed as a result of a product defect and resultant grounding of the aircraft type
  • Acting for US aircraft part manufacturer in respect of a multi-party, cross-border product liability dispute
  • Acting for an aircraft manufacturer and its insurers in respect of product liability claim following a heavy landing at an Italian airport
  • Acting for a ground handling company in respect of disputes, indemnity issues and breach of representations arising from an acquisition of a competitor ground handler
  • Acting for an airline and its insurers in respect of a collision with an aircraft at a Turkish airport
  • Acting for an aircraft manufacturer in respect of a helicopter accident in Glasgow and subsequent Fatal Accident Inquiry
  • Acting for an airline and its insurers in an arbitration concerning the sea-based loss of a passenger aircraft
  • Acting for a UK helicopter operator in respect of expanding its business into the Persian Gulf
  • Advising an airport management authority in respect of unpaid service charges from a long-term parked aircraft
  • Acting for an UAE airline in respect of their passenger personal injury, property damage and delay claims under EU Regulation 261/2004 and the Montreal Convention 1999
Education

    Publications

    • Contributor - LexisNexis The Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents, Carriage by Air
    • Contributor - Lexology Navigator

    My latest insights

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    The impact of the European Commission’s Fit for 55 legislative package on Aviation

    22 July 2021 .7 minute read

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    English High Court agrees to consider allegation of bias by Russian court when deciding...

    19 October 2020 .3 minute read

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