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MICHAEL P. FLEMING
Counsel
Michael Fleming is Counsel at The Wicks Group, providing legal and consulting services. He has more than 18 years of experience in the aviation sector. Michael specializes in serving business aviation, airports, and airlines. His expertise encompasses domestic and international airport traffic forecasting, financial modeling and feasibility studies; rates and charges studies, aviation regulatory analysis, and complex transaction documentation and negotiation. He also has extensive experience in assisting corporate and business jet clients with both regulatory and commercial matters.
Prior to joining The Wicks Group Michael was a Partner at an aviation legal/consulting firm. He also worked for several years as a financial analyst and aircraft purchasing specialist for United Airlines and for an executive aircraft manufacturer.
Representative Experience
• Negotiated / documented aircraft purchase / sale / lease /
finance transactions for a variety of clients, from private
operators to airline fleet acquisitions. Represented client in
a private equity investment in a Mauritius company |
• Advised flight departments and private aircraft operators on regulatory compliance, ownership structure and aircraft operations
• Represented U.S. cargo airline before the U.S. Department of Transportation in a contested route proceeding
• Provided strategic advice, financial analysis and newprogram development assistance to several aircraft management companies, fractional ownership programs, and air taxi operators
• Led numerous studies related to major airport development and privatization, including traffic and demand forecasts, financial analyses, due diligence, pricing, and revenue forecasts
• Advised air carriers on legal and regulatory matters, including fleet acquisitions/ disposals, financing, and leasing
• Led LCC studies, cargo studies, financial forecasting, and analysis of new market opportunities for multiple air carriers |
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AREAS OF FOCUS
Aircraft Transactions/Business Aviation
Airports/FBOs
Airlines
Commercial Transactions
EDUCATION
J.D., Magna Cum Laude
MBA with Honors (International Finance and Marketing)
University of Georgia, 1990
B.A. With Honors
The University of Michigan, 1985
HONORS/RECOGNITIONS
Order of the Coif
University of Georgia Law Review
Member, NBAA Regulatory Issues Advisory Group
MEMBERSHIPS
National Business Aviation Association
National Air Transportation Association
National Aircraft Finance Association
BAR ADMISSIONS
District of Columbia
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
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