Japan
K&L Gates has advised Japan Airlines on a purchase of aircraft from Airbus SAS, worth as much as $9.5 billion. JAL has agreed to acquire 31 of Airbus’s upcoming A350 passenger jet, with the option to purchase a further 25 in the future. The list price for the ordered aircraft is $9.5 billion though manufacturers typically give substantial discounts to large customers. Keiji Isaji, Atsushi Yamashita, and Robert Melson were the lead Tokyo partners advising JAL, supported by London partner Trevor Beadle. Airbus, as on many of its aircraft sales, used in-house counsel for its negotiations with JAL. [Read full story]
