Rupali Sharma

Associate

Rupali is an associate in our aviation litigation and regulation team and has experience in handling a wide range of commercial disputes for clients in the aviation sector.

Rupali has advised and represented airlines, lessors, manufacturers, airport operators and insurers in relation to litigation in the English courts and been involved in successful settlements that have avoided the full cost of trial. She has in-depth experience working on aviation regulatory matters, with particular expertise in the areas of travel, consumer protection, and passenger rights at a domestic, EU and international level, and more recently on matters relating to the impact of Brexit and Covid-19 on aviation generally and the changing regulatory and legal landscape. Rupali co-authored a chapter on "Covid-19 and Aviation Disputes" in a special publication by Wolters Kluwer, titled "International Arbitration and the Covid-19 Revolution."

Rupali has experience working on issues arising out of airspace management and has been involved in very high-profile work in relation to the main UK air navigation service provider NATS. In addition, Rupali regularly advises and assists airlines in respect of investigations by regulators like the Civil Aviation Authority, the Competition and Markets Authority, the Payment Systems Regulator, and the Advertising Standards Agency.