Ihab is an Italian attorney-at-law and expert in the aviation sector. He has been engaged in commercial and regulatory law practice for many years, with a focus on aviation.

He has an extensive experience in high-profile litigation, aircraft financing and leasing, aviation regulation, aircraft accident investigations and policy & business aviation issues.

During his career, he has been actively involved in a full range of legal matters arising in the aviation industry, including drafting aviation legislations, participating in major Privatization and Public–Private Partnership projects, delivering regulatory consultations & proceedings, handling general aviation and commercial issues including sale, purchase and lease of aircraft transactions, aircraft & air navigation services’ insurance and reinsurance, and other environment, security & safety issues.

Ihab has addressed numerous conferences on aviation law and aircraft financing & leasing in the Middle East, Europe and Canada, and published on a variety of issues, including commercial aviation developments, environmental regulation impacting the aviation sector and the Cape Town Convention and its Aircraft Protocol.

He is a member of ICAO’s Commission of Experts of the Supervisory Authority of the International Registry (CESAIR) for the purposes of the Cape Town Convention (CTC) and the Aircraft Protocol.

Book Chapters / Articles

• “Global Approach to Environmental Policy and Regulation on Aviation” (Research), LUISS University, Rome - Italy, 2017.
• “Protecting the National Interests’ Creditors under CTC and the Aircraft Protocol” (Research), the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), Rome - Italy, 2016.
• “The Cape Town Convention’s Aircraft Protocol” (Research), the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne-Switzerland, 2014.
• “Security Interests and Remedies protecting Creditors under the Cape Town Convention & Aircraft Protocol” (LL.M. Thesis), UNIDROIT, Rome – Italy, 2014.