O’Melveny & Myers LLP is one of the oldest and most prestigious law firms in the United States. Since our founding nearly a century and a half ago, we have grown from two lawyers in two rooms specializing in the local concerns of a frontier community in Los Angeles to a multidisciplinary firm with approximately 850 lawyers on three continents. 

Whether you’re building the airport of the future or a university library, O’Melveny guides your project from concept to completion. Our Infrastructure Practice advises the full spectrum of public and private industry participants, from lenders and sponsors to developers, utilities, owners, investors, underwriters, and governmental entities on the purchase, sale, development, financing, construction, and operation of a wide array of infrastructure assets and facilities. 

O’Melveny’s Airports & Aviation Practice is peerless. For more than four decades, the O’Melveny name has been synonymous with aviation. We bring a dedicated team of sector-focused lawyers representing all types of aviation industry participants, including nearly all of the major US passenger and cargo airlines, various international airlines,  airport owners and operators, developers, investors, and support and other ancillary enterprises, in virtually all facets of their businesses. Our interdisciplinary team combines unique industry knowledge and a keen understanding of the legal issues associated with large-scale aviation infrastructure financing and development matters.

O’Melveny’s achievements in airport development and financing matters are highly distinguished, including:

• Since 2000, we have completed more than 100 development, finance, and/or investment transactions involving projects or businesses at more than 65 airports in the US, plus eight additional countries, with an aggregate value in excess of US$60 billion.
• O’Melveny’s experience with developing, financing, and operating P3 airport passenger terminals is especially unparalleled – having led or participated in legal representations involving most of the successful P3 airport terminal development projects undertaken to date in the US. We have assisted airport proprietors with their operational and regulatory affairs, including lease and operating agreements of all kinds, negotiation of airline rates and charges, counseling on sensitive revenue diversion issues, and coordination with regulatory authorities including the US Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Security Administration, and Customs and Border Protection.
• Our clients trust us because we offer one of the few comprehensive legal platforms capable of supporting their needs and informed by our vast experience across the entire sector, with top-notch project development, bank finance, bond finance, litigation, labor/employment, antitrust, aviation regulatory, and other expertise. We act as a strategic partner to our clients, leveraging our 50+ corporate, litigation, and regulatory services to find the best solutions, and we do it in a coordinated and efficient manner.

It’s more than what you do: it’s how you do it. Across sectors and borders, in boardrooms and courtrooms, we measure our success by yours. And in our interactions, we commit to making your O’Melveny experience as satisfying as the outcomes we help you achieve. Our greatest accomplishment is ensuring that you never have to choose between premier lawyering and exceptional service. So, tell us.  What do you want to achieve? For the answers, please visit www.omm.com.