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Gonzalo Yelpo holds a Juris Doctor from the
Faculty of Law in Uruguay, also holds an Executive MBA from IAE
Business School in Argentina and a Diploma in Air Law from IATA
with specialization in Inernational Air Law, Airline Contracts,
Aircraft Purchase and Financing and Operational Leasing. He worked
in the Legal Directorate of Pluna, the Uruguayan flag carrier, for
more than twelve yearse being his last position Legal Director,
position he held for more than eight years prior to starting his
own projects. He acted as President of the Airline Commerce
Chamber from 2002 through 2005.
Together with being a partner
at Yelpo & Facal he is Legal Director of ALTA, the Latin
American Air Transport Associaton. Mr Yelpo has extensive
experience in the airline business sector, its regulatory framework
and in public-private sector relations. He also has been involved
in negotiations of contratcts in every area areas in the ariline
business. His experience as head in house Counsel of an airline
together with counseling lessors, financers and other airline
providers, together with his experience in litigation in
airline liability, gives him a unique expertise in the airline
business. He lectured in several conferences and seminars for ICAO,
IATA and the International Bar Association among others, and he is
Chair of the ALTA Aviation Law Americas Conference.
Qualifications:
St.
Catherine’s School, B.A. in Law (1990); Universidad de la República
, Attorney and Doctor in Law and Social Sciences (1998); Aviation
Training and Development Institute (IATA-ATDI), Montreal, Diploma
in Air Law (2002); ATDI, Geneva, Aircraft Purchase
Contracts and Operating Leases (1999); ATDI, Geneva, Airline
Contract Law (2000); ATDI, Geneva, International Air Law (2001);
ATDI Singapore, Legal Aspects of Aircraft Financing
(2002); IAE Business School (Argentina), Executive MBA
(2006).
Languages:
Spanish, English and Portuguese.
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