Honnebier B. Patrick

Expert in International Aviation Financing and Leasing Law, Professor, LL.M.

Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

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Education:

LL.M., Universitas Libera Reformata (Vrije Universiteit) Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

LL.M. (advanced), University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California, U.S.A.

Teaching activity:

From 1992 to 2007 – Lecturer and researcher of Commercial and Corporate Law at the Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

From 2007 to present time – Guest Lecturer on International Financing and Leasing of Mobile Equipment at the Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

From 2002 to 2011 – Lecturer on International Aviation Financing and Leasing Laws at Leiden University, International Institute of Air and Space Law. The General lecturer responsible for the extensive course on International Aviation Finance Law which was unique at that time. Currently, involved in special projects concerning international aviation financing and leasing laws.

From 2014 to present time – Professor of the course "International Aviation Financing and Leasing Laws" at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), School of Law, Master in Air and Space Law (LL.M.) program. In the whole world it is the only complete full Semester course covering this significant area of aviation law which is offered by leading academic institutions.

From 2014 to present time – Guest Lecturer on International Aviation Financing and Leasing Laws at Groningen University, the Netherlands. Guest Lecturer on the course Private International Law at the Faculty of Law covering the various applicable conflicts of laws rules for international aviation financing and leasing transactions.

Other Activities:

From June 1, 2017 to present time – one of the four founding members at Rep Law Aviation Cooperatief U.A.

From 1996 to June 1, 2017 – Of-Counsel at Gomez & Bikker Law Offices.

From 2012 to present time – Member of the Board of Editors of Luchtrecht-Netherlands Journal of Air Law.

He is a member of the American Bar Association, Subcommittee of Aviation Financing Law and the International Bar Association, Committee of Aviation Law.

He participated in the Diplomatic Conference on the realization of the Convention on International Interest concerning Mobile Equipment and the Aircraft Equipment Protocol in Cape Town, South Africa, in November 2001.

He advised the Governments of Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands in regard to the adoption of the Cape Town Convention on 17 May, 2010.

Publications:

Honnebier B. Patrick. Air Holland is door dure leasecontracten uitgeschakeld, WPNR, 18 December 1999, no. 6383.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Aircraft financing and leasing in the Netherlands and Dutch Caribbean, Tax Planning International Review, 2012-6, pp. 15-23. (with A.P. Berkhout).

Honnebier B. Patrick. Aircraft repossession and enforcement, the Aruba Chapter, KLUWER Law International, January 2009.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Analysing the Conflict of Laws Rule of the Convention on the International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft: A Topical Issue, Zeitschrift für Luft- und Weltraumrecht, 2010-1, pp. 23-42.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Analysing the effects of the Cape Town Convention on four selected issues that hinder the international financing and leasing of aircraft and engines, contribution for the book edited by the International Congress of Comparative Law, 2016, at the publisher.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Bookreview, At the request of the organisation UNIDROIT I have reviewed ‘The Official Commentary to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and Protocol thereto on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment’, by Professor Sir Roy Goode, Air and Space Law, December 2003, no. 6.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Bookreview, Aviation Financing and Leasing 2014, Journaal LuchtRecht/Netherlands Journal of Air Law, 2014-3, pp. 98-102.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Clarifying the alleged issues concerning the financing of aircraft engines. Some comments to the alleged pitfalls arising under Dutch, German and international law, Zeitschrift für Luft- und Weltraumrecht, 2007-3, pp. 383-390.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Collecting EUROCONTROL air navigation charges by precautionary arresting the aviation fuel of aircraft in the European Netherlands, in Liber Amicorum for Roderick van Dam (retired head legal EUROCONTROL), Journaal LuchtRecht/Netherlands Journal of Air Law, June 2013.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Comparing the property laws of the aircraft ‘registries of choice’ the (Caribbean) Netherlands, Bermuda, Ireland and Malta. A comparative survey demonstrates the attractiveness of structuring off-shore aviation finance and lease transactions under the particularly strong laws of the (Caribbean) Netherlands (where the Cape Town Convention applies), Journaal LuchtRecht/Netherlands Journal of Air Law, 2014-3, p. 55.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Currently at the publisher: The Cape Town Convention and the International Registry: a new international treaty provides for the efficient financing of new aircraft. This brings substantial benefits to the Americas and their communities, Inter-American Bar Association Law Review.

Honnebier B. Patrick. De (internationale) leasing transactie als financieringsmethode van roerende kapitaalgoederen, Tijdschrift Onderneming en Financiering, April 2002, no. 50.

Honnebier B. Patrick. De Cape Town Convention, het Aircraft Equipment Protocol en het International Registry zijn sinds 1 maart 2006 operationeel, Weekblad voor Privaatrecht Registratie en Registratie (WPNR), no. 6661, 8 April 2006.

Honnebier B. Patrick. De internationale financieringspraktijk heeft wederom behoefte aan een uitbreiding van het bestaande pakket van Nederlandse zakelijke rechten, WPNR 6427, December 2000.

Honnebier B. Patrick. De komende UNIDROIT Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment en het Aircraft Equipment Protocol, Tijdschrift voor Vervoer en Recht, March 2000, no. 2.

Honnebier B. Patrick. De komende UNIDROIT goederenrechtelijke regelgeving waarborgt de Nederlandse volwaardige zakelijke rechten die aan de houder van een luchtvaartuig kunnen worden toegekend, WPNR, June 2001.

Honnebier B. Patrick. De lex rei sitae is onhanteerbaar in relatie tot de financiering van de aanschaf en het gebruik van mobiel materieel, WPNR, 4 March 2000, no. 6392.

Honnebier B. Patrick. De nieuwe ontwikkelingen in de internationale financieringspraktijk zijn de laatste strohalm voor de Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij, Surinaams Juristen Blad, August 2004.

Honnebier B. Patrick. De ontwikkeling van de (internationale) leasefiguur in het Surinaamse handelsverkeer, Surinaams Juristenblad, Part I, July 2000.

Honnebier B. Patrick. De ontwikkeling van de (internationale) leasefiguur in het Surinaamse handelsverkeer, Surinaams Juristenblad. Part II, October 2000.

Honnebier B. Patrick. De toetreding van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden tot het Verdrag inzake internationale rechten op mobile materieel en het Protocol voor luchtvaartmaterieel (Verdrag van Kaapstad), Journaal LuchtRecht, 2012-1, pp. 2-24.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Een internationale uniforme materiële regeling voor het eigendomsvoorbehoud is gereed: de Conventie van Kaapstad, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Burgerlijk Recht, 19 June 2002.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Forthcoming book: Property laws governing international aviation financing and leasing. Most likely, the book will be published in the second half of 2014.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Forthcoming publication: The Aerospace Protocol, in the Journal of Space Law, University of Mississippi, 2014. It is the oldest and most prestigious journal devoted to space law.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Heeft Aruba een aantrekkelijk leaseklimaat?, Aruba Iuridica, The Law Review of the University of Aruba, 1998, no. 3.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Het aansprakelijkheidsregime van de UNIDROIT Convention on International Financial Leasing, Aspecten van aansprakelijkheid, Molengraaff Institute for Private Law, 1998.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Het effect van de UNIDROIT Convention on International Financial Leasing in Nederland, Issue I, WPNR, 19 October 1996, no. 6242.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Het effect van de UNIDROIT Convention on International Financial Leasing in Nederland, Issue II, WPNR, 26 October 1996, no. 6241.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Het volledig gecomputeriseerde mondiale registratiesysteem voor zakelijke rechten op luchtvaartuigen zal in 2004 operationeel zijn, WPNR, no. 6590, 18 September 2004.

Honnebier B. Patrick. In de internationale rechtspraktijk bestaat nog altijd rechtsonzekerheid met betrekking tot de financiering van de aanschaf en het gebruik van vliegtuigen en vliegtuigmotoren WPNR 11 March 2000, no. 6393.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Internationale goederenrechtelijke aspecten van het leasen van mobiel materieel, Handboek Leasing, June 2001, D2.1.2-01.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Reeds vijftig jaar is binnen het Koninkrijk het luchtvervoer kostbaar: er bestaat een grote behoefte aan minder dure vliegtuigen en tickets, 50-Jaar Koninkrijk Statuut, December 2005.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Servisch juridisch opleidingsinstituut zoekt samenwerking met de Nederlandse universiteiten en commerciële rechtspraktijk, Nederlands Juristen Blad, (NJB), May 2006.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Strong legal and fiscal regimes make the (Caribbean) Netherlands an attractive ‘flag-state of choice’ for aircraft lease transactions, Tax Planning International Review, at the printers, out in October 2014. (with A.P. Berkhout).

Honnebier B. Patrick. The Cape Town Convention and International Registry for mortgages and other secured interests in aircraft are effective since March 2006, Notarius International, 2006/ 1-2, pp. 1-7.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Equipment Protocol: protecting the registered secured interests of airline lessees, Air and Space Law, January 2005, no. 1.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The contributor of the Chapter covering the jurisdiction Aruba in the World Aircraft Repossession Index, 30 October 2015.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The Convention of Cape Town and the Aircraft Equipment Protocol: a stepping stone towards the unification of security interests in the European Union, International Bar Association, Newsletter Committee B, Aviation Law, May 2004.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The Convention of Cape Town on International Interests in Mobile Equipment: the solution of specific European property law problems, ERPL, May 2002-10, no. 3.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The Convention of Cape Town: the creation of international interests in mobile equipment, European Review of Private Law (ERPL), 2004, no. 1.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The Convention on International interests in Mobile Equipment and Aircraft Equipment Protocol will encourage European property law reform, Edinburgh Law Review, 2004-1.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and Aircraft Equipment Protocol, 1 International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Oxford, Vol. 54, January 2005, no. 1.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The devastating ‘Blue Sky’ judgment compels the member states of the European Union to adopt the Cape Town convention, The Aviation & Space Journal, 2012-2, pp. 10-25.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The English Blue Sky Case-Topical International Aviation Finance Laws, 2011, Airandspacebooks, ISBN 978-94-61903-80-8/1 (a separate publication under its own ISBN).

Honnebier B. Patrick. The English ‘Blue Sky’ case shows that the aircraft finance practice needs uniform international substantive mortgage laws as the existing conflict rules fail, Tijdschrift Vervoer & Recht, 2011-2, pp. 70-82.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The fully-computerized International Registry for security interests in aircraft and the Aircraft Protocol that will become effective towards the beginning of 2006, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, U.S.A., September, 2005 no. 1.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The impact of the Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol on the financing of aircraft engines in some non-Contracting States and on the security interests of the airline-lessees in the United States. The American Bar Association’s Air & Space Lawyer, Winter Edition, 2006.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The major advantages of selecting Aruba as the flag-state of aircraft, www.gobiklaw.com, 2006.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The merits and pitfalls of the Handbook ‘Aviation Financing and Leasing 2014’, Zeitschrift für Luft- und Weltraumrecht, 2014-4, pp. 559-583.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The need for clear rules to facilitate the international financing of the aquisition and use of aircraft, Notarius International, Magazine for the Union of Civil Law Notaries, 2000, no. 4.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The Netherlands is blacklisted due to its ambiguous aviation financing laws and only the Cape Town Convention can solve this problem, Journaal LuchRecht, 2011-2, pp. 34-53.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The new international regimen proposed by UNIDROIT as a means of safeguarding rights in rem of the holder of an aircraft under Netherlands law, Leading article in the Uniform Law Review/Revue de Droit Uniforme, June 2001, no. 1. (www.unidroit.org).

Honnebier B. Patrick. The new legal and fiscal aviation finance and lease opportunities in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Journaal LuchtRecht, 2012-2, pp. 38-49.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The real rights of Dutch airline companies can be the basis of international interests under the Convention of Cape Town, just like their equivalent American security interests, ERPL, 2004, no. 1.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The section concerning Aircraft, The Netherlands Law Digest, Martindale Hubbell, 2004-2006.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The Ukraine is about to adopt the Convention on International Financial Leasing, 6 February 2006.

Honnebier B. Patrick. The ‘Blue Sky’ case about the enforcement of aircraft mortgages and its impact on the global financial market, Zeitschrift für Luft- und Weltraumrecht, 2011-1, pp. 47-68.

Honnebier B. Patrick. Who Owns the Engine? The Doctrine of Accession Explained!, Airline Fleet Management, January-February, 2010, pp. 20-28.

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