Dr. Manuela Krach is an aviation finance lawyer who advises on complex cross-border and multijurisdictional aviation transactions and deals with numerous players in the industry: airlines, lessors, financiers, and manufacturers. Her broad knowledge covers acquisitions/sales, leasing, and financing of new and used aircraft, engines, and corporate jets. She counsels on operating and finance lease agreements, from both the lessee and lessor sides, negotiating all aspects of a transaction, including commercial details based on the client’s needs and market experience. Manuela guides clients through all phases of complex aircraft acquisitions, from the negotiation on behalf of airlines of major aircraft purchase orders with leading manufacturers to predelivery payment arrangements to aircraft delivery.
Manuela handles sophisticated structures for sale and lease-back transactions and other structured financing solutions, such as Islamic finance structures, insurance-backed finance, and private note issuances. She also advises clients in the aviation sector on a wide range of commercial agreements involving, for example, aircraft conversions and licensing issues.
Manuela started her career as a bankruptcy and restructuring lawyer, concentrating on cross-border workouts of distressed investments with a particular focus on Germany.
Manuela is dual qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and a Rechtsanwältin in Germany. She obtained a doctoral degree (Dr. iur.) at the University of Trier with a dissertation on Mexican law. She is fluent in English, German, and Spanish.
Recommended, Corporate Finance (Including Islamic Lending), United Arab Emirates, The Legal 500 EMEA (2024)
Middle East & Africa Law Firm of the Year, Middle East & Africa Finance Aviation 100 Awards (2023)
Recommended, Transport: Aviation, The Legal 500 UK (2024, 2025)
Recommended, Finance: Transport Finance & Leasing, The Legal 500 UK (2019–2022, 2024, 2025)
Rising Star (UK), Aviation, Expert Guides (2017–2022)
Winner, Rising Star Awards EMEA, Aviation (2022)
Recognised, 40 Under 40, Airline Economics (2021)
Bank Loan Deal of the Year, Airfinance Journal (2019, 2020)
Operating Lease Deal of the Year, Airfinance Journal (2019)
Rising Star, Airfinance Journal (2016)
PDP Deal of the Year, Airfinance Journal (2014)