Aircraft registration and ownership — what national registers reveal, how title is evidenced, and why the registered operator and legal owner may be different parties.

Taking and perfecting security — aircraft mortgages, pledges, finance leases and the requirements for making an interest effective against third parties.

Aircraft engines and parts — the legal treatment of engines separately from airframes, including replacement engines, spare engines and parts.

The Cape Town Convention — international interests, registration and priority, and the interaction between the Convention and domestic property law.

Default, repossession and insolvency — recovering the aircraft, deregistration and export, competing claims and the recognition of foreign security interests.

A practical transaction checklist — five questions to ask about ownership, applicable law, perfection, registration and enforcement before closing a cross-border financing.