Bart Biggers

About Bart Biggers

Co-leader of Sidley’s Global Aviation and Airlines practice, Bart Biggers has over two decades of experience advising clients in M&A transactions, commercial transactions, outsourcing, workouts and restructuring, corporate finance, cross-border transaction, and corporate governance matters. He is particularly skilled in advising international and domestic airlines on a wide array of business transactions. Bart has earned a well-deserved reputation as a preeminent lawyer and strategic partner to those in the airline and aviation industry.With a reputation as a preeminent lawyer and strategic partner to those in the airline and aviation industry, his experience includes counseling major international and U.S. domestic airlines on commercial transactions for virtually all functions of the airline business: fleet, supply chain, human resources, marketing and sales, hospitality, loyalty programs, operations, regional matters, fuel, technology (hardware procurement, content and software licensing, data security, and privacy), and other business-process outsourcing transactions, as well as general corporate restructuring matters. This extensive experience in the airline industry allow him to offer a strategic perspective that is invaluable to his clients. In addition to his extensive aviation experience, Bart has established a practice that fulfills most corporate and commercial transactional needs of his clients, including supply chain management, technology, business-process outsourcing agreements, cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, workouts and corporate restructuring, corporate finance (including public and private securities and other capital markets transactions), corporate governance, and other general corporate matters. Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Experience

1. Partner

   Sidley Austin LLP

   Aug 2020 — Present · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US

   Co-leader of Airline and Aviation Practice

Education

• Texas Christian University

  B.S, Political Science/Business

  1994 — 1998

• SMU Dedman School of Law

  J.D, Law

  1998 — 2001

Skills

• Corporate Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Mergers
• Civil Litigation
• Procurement
• Business Litigation
• Product Liability
• Securities Regulation
• Securities
• Finance
• Courts
• Corporate Governance
• Licensing
• Trials
• Bankruptcy
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Appeals
• Mediation
• Real Estate
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Trade Secrets
• Corporate Finance
• Legal Research
• Capital Markets
• Intellectual Property
• Patent Litigation