Peter B. Barlow

Peter Barlow is a Partner and a member of the Air Transport Industry Group of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

Mr. Barlow’s practice concentrates in the areas of aircraft finance, commercial and corporate aircraft acquisitions and leasing, airline representation, aviation law and general corporate representation.

Mr. Barlow returned to the Firm in 2009 after having served as General Counsel for Skybus Airlines, where he managed the airline’s legal functions, including operations procurement, financing and restructuring.

Mr. Barlow has represented U.S. and Ireland based aircraft leasing companies in aircraft and engine lease transactions, purchase and lease back transactions and purchase and novation transactions in the U.S., Europe, Asia and South America. Mr. Barlow has also represented numerous U.S. and foreign commercial airlines and private equity funds in complex aircraft financing and acquisition transactions including new fleet acquisitions from Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier and Embraer and new aircraft purchases from Gulfstream as well as numerous used aircraft purchase, sale and financing transactions involving commercial and corporate jet and turboprop aircraft. Mr. Barlow began his legal career in the Firm’s Financial Institutions Practice doing mergers and acquisitions transactions, including numerous stock and asset purchase transactions in the mortgage banking industry, ‘33 Act public offerings, ‘34 Act compliance work, private placements and general corporate work, as well as Part 135 operators in connection with corporate jet timeshare and fractional ownership programs.

A member of the American Bar Association, Mr. Barlow is Chairman of the ABA’s Aircraft Finance Subcommittee, having previously served as Vice Chairman of the committee from July 2006 to July 2009. Mr. Barlow has been recognized as one of the world’s leading aviation lawyers being named to the International Who’s Who of Aviation Lawyers 2012 and has also been recognized as one of the world’s leading international business lawyers being named to the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2012. Mr. Barlow was previously selected for inclusion in the Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2006 and 2007.

Mr. Barlow received his undergraduate degree in International Business from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin in 1991, where he was a member of the Silver Spurs Honorary Service Organization (1989-1991). Mr. Barlow received his J.D. degree from Emory University School of Law in 1995. During law school, he was a Dean’s Fellow (1994-1995), a member of the Bankruptcy Developments Law Journal (1993-1995) Notes and Comments Editor of the Bankruptcy Developments Law Journal (1994-1995) and the elected representative of his law school class to the Student Bar Association (1993-1995).

Mr. Barlow is the Managing Partner of the Firm’s New York office.