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Sarlina Yip is an Senior Associate in the APAC Aviation Team and is based in the Hong Kong office. Her practice focuses on dispute resolution, insurance and regulatory matters in the aviation industry.
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Sarlina advises on a wide spectrum of aviation-related disputes for airlines, airport service providers, MROs, and their (re)insurers. Her experience spans aviation accidents and incidents, passenger, cargo, baggage, and aircraft damage claims, as well as fatal accident claims, personal injury matters, employees’ compensation claims, and criminal prosecutions.
On the non-contentious side, Sarlina provides guidance on conditions of carriage, contractual arrangements, and regulatory compliance.
She previously served as in-house counsel for an airline catering company, managing legal affairs across the Asia-Pacific region.
Examples of her work include advising on fatal accidents arising from aircraft tyre explosions at an MRO facility, multi-parties’ personal injury and employees’ compensation claims. She has also handled negotiations on airline catering and security agreements, airport development and lease agreements, onboard retail management and software development contracts.
相关经验
- Conducted/ led the defence of disputes and proceedings before the courts and regulatory bodies in Hong Kong, P.R. China, Korea, Thailand and the Philippines.
- Handled claims arising from the total loss of a LAM Mozambique Embraer 90 in Namiia.
- Handled a USD13 million contractual dispute between a charter flight company and a travel agent.
- Defended an MRO against a criminal prosecution.
- Advised airlines and their re(insurers) on claims related to baggage, cargo, passenger rights and aircraft damage.