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Legal, Compliance & Company Secretarial

GKR advises aircraft leasing platforms globally on the appointment of senior legal, compliance, and governance professionals who play a central role in protecting enterprise value and supporting disciplined growth.

We work with boards, executive management teams, and in-house legal leadership to support permanent and interim appointments across transactional legal, regulatory, compliance, and company secretarial functions. Our mandates typically span roles from experienced legal practitioners through to Chief Legal Officers, Heads of Compliance, and Company Secretaries, reflecting the increasing strategic importance of legal and governance capability within leasing organisations.

Our consultants have a detailed understanding of aircraft leasing transactions, cross-border structuring and enforcement, sanctions regimes, ESG obligations, and the heightened regulatory scrutiny faced by global leasing platforms. This allows us to assess candidates on their ability to operate under pressure, exercise sound judgement, and engage credibly with boards, investors, regulators, and external counsel, rather than relying solely on academic or purely technical legal credentials.

Given the sensitivity of senior legal and compliance appointments and the limited pool of leasing-experienced professionals, our work is characterised by discretion, precision, and deep market insight. Clients rely on us for confidential, senior-level hiring where governance, risk mitigation, and long-term institutional credibility are paramount.

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