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WALA 2020 Webinar Series

As a way to stay connected and to be able to share experiences during these difficult times, WALA (Worldwide Airport Lawyers Association) will be presenting a series of free webinars for our airport legal community.

Each webinar will be focused on a specific subject, and will be no longer than 30 minutes (including Q&A).

Topics to be covered are extremely relevant to day to day airport realities. A list of them is included at the end of this newsletter (*). If you have a topic you would like to be included in our list, or would like to be a speaker, please contact us (wala@abiaxair.com)

Our next Webinar will be:
Date: Monday 6, July
Start/ending time
3:00-3:30 pm UK | 4:00-4:30 pm Madrid | 11:00-11:30 am San Pablo | 10:00-10:30 pm Singapore
Changes in Airport Fees and Airport Charges – The AENA experience
• Airport Charges: Regulation
• Non Aeronautical revenue: force majeure and contractual relationship with airports bars, restaurants and retailers
• Government support?



Speaker
Maria de los Reyes Escrig Teigeiro
Deputy Secretary of the Board of Directors and Head of International Legal Advice and Compliance



Introduction to WALA Webinars
Diego Gonzalez
AA2000 legal Counsel & WALA President


Moderator
Alan Meneghetti
Partner Radcliffes Le Brasseur LLP & WALA Board Member


Register here and you will receive a confirmation email, and a link to join the meeting. If you cannot attend, you will be sent a recording of the webinar.

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(*) Topics for upcoming WALA webinars:
Monday 13 July / 3pm UK Time
The Airport Legal Department: pandemic and new normal
Speaker: Robert Herga, General Counsel and Company Secretary, Gatwick Airport Limited Michael Tegethoff, Attorney-at-Law (German Bar), LL.M., Munich Airport

• How the staff of lawyers was organized to work under the new circumstances?
• Was legal staff reduced? Home office: is it viable?
• What has been and what will be the role of the external legal adviser?
Liabilities In times of covid-19 and public health care:
• How are the new duties of the airport operator and airlines organized legally at the airport?
• Which are the new air passenger rights and duties?
• Social distance, masks and health certificates: how would civil liability be in the potential event of a contagion at the airport?
New Medical Services at the airport (from the legal perspective)
• What medical services are provided by the airport operator?
• What is its relationship with the medical services of the public health authorities?
• What will be the role of the airport operator in terms of medical services for the recommencement of flights?
Contact us at wala@abiaxair.com
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