CHANCELLERY TEAM
DOERNER & PARTNER mbB
Office for Aviation Law
The law firm air-law.de, based at the special airport Oberpfaffenhofen, was founded by Frank Dörner in 2014. His many years of activity and experience in aviation law and as an aviation expert as well as his great passion for aviation have enabled Frank Dörner to successfully position himself as a specialist in aviation law.
With his regular publications in the trade press, his work in various aviation associations and his teaching activities, he has also made a name for himself as an expert in the aviation industry beyond pure legal matters.
In March 2021, attorney Kai-Alexander Bischoff joined the air-law team as an additional partner. He has also been advising clients in the aviation sector for many years and, as an in-house lawyer, was responsible for the support and management of the company’s business jets and helicopters for various groups of companies. In order to continue to meet the steadily growing demand and need for high-quality consulting, the team grew even further in the course of 2021 and moved into new offices at the special airport in Oberpfaffenhofen.
We not only offer you very good local accessibility, but with the larger team we also have more than 20 years of experience in aviation.
Our clients include airlines, operators, flight schools, development, manufacturing and maintenance companies as well as associations and clubs.
Our professional expertise, as well as our shared passion for aviation, not only allows the law firm team to connect internally on several levels, but we also cultivate a more personal relationship with our clients. Since aviation and aviation law often cross borders, we have put together a team from different areas that has mastered the topics of classic aviation, brings knowledge directly from companies, can present judicial experience and takes business aspects into account. With our close cooperation with tax law, labor law and insurance law experts, we can advise you efficiently and quickly across the board.
Your individual needs and interests are our focus and we regard every inquiry as a new and exciting challenge.
© Michael Aust Frank Dörner
Lawyer
Specialist lawyer for administrative law
Aviation Expert
Frank Dörner is the founding father and partner of our law firm Dörner & Partner and has been active in the aviation world since his youth. Frank Dörner built up his very wide-ranging knowledge at various levels not only through his many years of legal advice to clients in aviation law, but also through his activities as a lecturer, author, aviation expert and flight instructor.
As a result, he is a regular participant in various panel discussions and was invited by the German Bundestag in 2020 to comment and assess the situation based on his practical experience with the Aviation Security Act.
Qualifications and professional positions
as of 2020
Lecturer at aero-expert.de GmbH
2020
Invited and heard by the German Bundestag as an expert within the framework of the legislative process
Speaker and participant as expert in panel discussions at industry-renowned events, such as aviation trade shows (Aero Friedrichshafen, European Aviation and Flightschool Congress)
2015-2017
Lecturer in aviation law at the technical school in Augsburg
2014
Partner and founder of the law firm air-law.de with more than 20 years of experience in aviation law
2013-2019
Lecturer for aviation law at the Aero-Academy GmbH
Regular publications on aviation law in the aviation journal aerokurier, Fliegermagazin, Adler, Luftsport, Flügel, General Aviation News, etc.
as of 2014
publicly appointed and sworn aviation expert, IHK Munich
as of 2012
Aviation expert (certified by VdL eV)
as of 2006
Legal advisor to the Bavarian Air Sports Association
2006-2014
Partner at the law firm Heinrich & Dörner, Munich
2000-2006
Lawyer in the law firm Meidert & Colleagues, Augsburg and Munich
Legal studies at the University of Augsburg
Aviation Qualifications
1986 glider license, 1996 glider instructor
1990 motor glider license, 1998 motor glider instructor
1994 microlight license, 2002 microlight instructor
2000 powered flight license, 2003 powered flight instructor
© Michael Aust Kai Alexander bishop
Lawyer
LL.M.EUR.
Kai-Alexander Bischoff joined Frank Dörner in 2021 as an additional partner. As a Magistrand at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, he was already involved in the group’s key areas of aviation law and, as Legal Counsel to Knorr- Bremse AG, was responsible for the company’s business jets, among other things.
Kai-Alexander Bischoff was also responsible for the company’s aviation activities for the Brose Group and was able to make professional use of his personal passion for aviation. In addition, he brings with him many years of experience in the automotive and rail sectors, which further expanded the expertise of the law firm.
Qualifications and professional positions
2017-2021
Deputy General Counsel of the Brose Group with responsibility
for advising and supporting the Group’s aviation activities
2011-2017
Head of the Service Line Contract and Claim Management of the corporate legal department of Knorr- Bremse AG
2008-2010
Head of Legal and Insurance at Knorr- Bremse GmbH, Mödling/Austria with responsibility for the CEE countries
2009
Specialist course for commercial and corporate law
2005-2017
Responsible (on the owner side) for the business jets of the Knorr- Bremse Group
2004-2008
Partner at the law firm Dr. Brenninger & Bischoff, Regensburg/Munich
2003
Magistrand at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt/Main, in the area of corporate politics
Master’s degree: “European and International Law” (LL.M. EUR.) at the University of Bremen
2002
Admission as a lawyer in Bremen
Legal clerkship in Augsburg with optional internship at the German-Danish Chamber of Commerce in Copenhagen Law studies at the University of Regensburg and Oslo, Norway
Aviation Qualifications
2019
powered flight license
© Michael Aust Monica
tower
Attorney, Pres. judge
at the Hessian Administrative Court a. D.
After Mrs. Monika Thürmer had completed her active service at the Hessian Administrative Court, she decided to make her many years of experience available to our law firm after her admission as a lawyer from January 2022. With Ms. Thürmer, we can offer our clients excellent first-hand advice in all procedural and administrative court matters.
Ms. Thürmer was able to gain far-reaching insight on very different fronts, not only specifically through her proceedings as presiding judge for aviation law of the 9th Senate and the disciplinary senates, but also through her activities. Before working in the Senate for Aviation Law, she was a member of the board of the Mainz Finthen Aviation Association and the Rhineland-Palatinate Air Sports Association. She speaks as an aviation expert at various events and, like the entire Air Law team, she regularly takes to the skies and enjoys flying to the fullest.
Qualifications and professional positions
since Dec 2021
Attorney at Law
since Dec 2021
Presiding Judge at the Hessian Administrative Court a. D.
since May 2012
Co-editor and co-author of the Beck online commentary on Hessian higher education law
2012-2021
Presiding Judge at the Hessian Administrative Court
2020-2021 Chair of the 2nd Senate, which is responsible, among other things, for road and path law, railroad law and mining law
2015-2021 Chair of the Federal and State Disciplinary Tribunals
dec 2012-2020 Chair of the 9th Senate, responsible inter alia for aviation law.
2008-2013
Presidential Advisor for organizational matters and IT
2000-2005
Member of the board of directors of Luftfahrtverein Mainz e. V. (Mainz-Finthen airfield) and 2002-2005 in the
Air Sports Association Rhineland-Palatinate e. V.
1995-2012
Judge at the Hessian Administrative Court
2005-2012 in the Senate for Aviation Law
1990-1995
Judge at the Darmstadt Administrative Court
1987-1990
City councilor and head of the cross-divisional office for law, economic development and equal opportunities officer at the city of Meschede in the Hochsauerland district
1979-1987
Legal studies at the Philipps University in Marburg, followed by legal clerkship
Aviation Qualifications
1999
powered flight license
2000
CVFR Eligibility
2002
Technical course engine attendant
© Michael Aust Claudia
Ott
LL.M. (IT law)
Business Economist International Management (Univ.)
Auditor ISO 9001 & EN 9100
Claudia Ott joined the law firm in mid-2021.
After studying law and business administration, she first came into contact with aviation as General Counsel of Berger Lichttechnik GmbH & Co. KG, which is a supplier to Airbus, among other things.
She oversaw other aviation projects for the company owner and thus obtained her own pilot’s license for helicopters. Together with her passion for paragliding, she is also able to optimally combine professional and private life.
Qualifications and professional positions
2019-2021
Freelance business development consultant (2019-2021)
2020
Further training as an auditor for ISO 9001 and ISO 9100 at TÜV Süd (2020)
2016-2019
Legal Counsel of Berger Lichttechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Pullach and support of international projects of the company and owner (2016-2019)
Until 2016
Legal Counsel at Peters, Schönberger & Partner, Munich (2016)
2015-2016
International management studies at the Fernuniversität Hagen (2015-2016)
2014-2015
Masters degree from the University of Aberystwyth, Wales
LL.M. in Technology Law
2014
Working student at Telefónica Deutschland GmbH, Munich (2014)
2010-2012
Supervision of international research projects as a working student in the legal department of the Max Planck Society in Munich
2006-2014
Legal studies at the LMU Munich
Aviation Qualifications
2016
paragliding license
2021
helicopter flight license