Legal advice informed by a genuine awareness of travel sector issues and an exceptional knowledge of how companies operate

Our expertise in the travel sector goes far beyond a good grounding in all things legal. Every member of the asb Travel team is immersed in the industry.

For you this means:

• you don’t waste valuable time explaining key issues to us
• advice takes account of pressures and sensitivities specific to how the travel business works  
• we can have a proper conversation with you about your business and objectives  
• we can put you in touch with our network of travel industry professionals

We already know a lot about your environment; we want to spend our time learning about you.  

We regularly help clients in the travel sector with a range of legal issues including:

• Regulatory advice: ATOL bonding, Package Travel Regulations, general trading regulation
• Travel technology: back-office systems, booking/notification infrastructures, website structure, data protection compliance, protection of intellectual property
• Commercial agreements and bookings: Booking terms and conditions, supplier agreements, agency and distribution arrangements
• Recovery & insolvency: tour operator restructures and turnaround, impact of supplier failure, directors personal liabilities
• Employment: flight crew terms and conditions, overseas employment issues, trade union negotiations, training
• Corporate support: mergers and acquisitions, acquisition finance and lending, MBOs, joint ventures
• Dispute resolution: fraud, bribery and financial investigations, corporate manslaughter, defending claims, international asset recovery, shareholder disputes

Contact Rebecca Thornley-Gibson to find out how we can make your journey easier