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Areas of Expertise

John Korzeniowski

Expertise

Since qualifying, John has acted for airlines, general and regional aviation operators, airports and the wider aviation industry and their insurers around the world, but with particular emphasis in the UK, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.  He has extensive experience handling and managing the simplest to the most complex aviation claims in mediation, arbitration and litigation, ranging from sport aviation injuries sustained in ballooning, parachuting, hang gliding and paragliding accidents to major losses involving a diverse range of personal injuries, catastrophic permanent damage or fatality and commercial litigation.  He has led the successful defence of airlines and aviation clients in multiple foreign jurisdictions as well as in the courts of the United States.

Career

  • Partner, Gates and Partners; 2004-Present
  • Partner, Aviation Team; Thomas Cooper & Stibbard, London; 2001-2004.
  • Aviation Consultant and Head of Litigation, Smith-Hughes, Raworth & McKenzie, British Virgin Islands; 2000-2001.
  • Senior Associate, Aviation Unit, DLA, London; 1997-2000.
  • Solicitor, Aviation Department, Jarvis & Bannister, London; 1992-1997.
  • Barrister, Constant & Constant, London; 1990-1992.

Education

  • Solicitor, Admitted in England and Wales, 1992.
  • Called to the Bar, 1990.
  • Admitted to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands), 2000.
  • University College London, Air Law Certification (with Distinction in Carriage by Air). 1993.
  • Inns of Court School of Law, 1990.
  • M.A. (Hons) Law, Cambridge University (Robinson College), 1989.
  • Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone, Kent, 1981-1986.

Special Awards

  • Grays Inn Junior Scholarship, 1989.
  • Ranked as one of the world’s leading aviation lawyers 2011 and 2012 by the International Who’s Who of Aviation Lawyers.
  • Listed in the 2011 Euromoney Expert Guide to The World’s Leading Aviation Lawyers: “John Korzeniowski always responds promptly to client’s requests, he is extremely professional and knowledgeable in International Aviation Law, very proficient and courteous”.

Professional Affiliations

  • Past honorary solicitor to the British Hand Gliding and Paragliding Association.
  • A member of the Law Society of England and Wales.

Lecturing

John is an experienced educator who lectures routinely on aviation law and litigation practice to the international aviation community.  Subjects have included: International Carriage by Air and the Warsaw/Montreal Convention, Surface Damage and the Rome Convention, Personal Injury Litigation in the UK and Europe, Dealing with the Media, the English Legal System and Aviation Law in the Caribbean .

Interests

John is interested in architecture and family history, is a keen gardener and has had a love of aviation since childhood.