Katrin Gist has developed a national airport real estate practice at CBRE, focused on representing clients in their purchase, sale and leasing of airport properties, and is the chairwoman of Aviation Properties. Clients include fixed base operators, aircraft maintenance facilities and services centers, charter operators, and those companies with hangar and office space requirements located on the tarmac. Her extensive experience in the aviation industry allows Ms. Gist to provide insights to her clients beyond the scope of general industrial brokers. Prior to joining CBRE, Ms. Gist practiced law as an attorney at Lane Powell PC for over five years. At Lane Powell, she was an integral part of Lane Powell’s business group, with a focus on aircraft transactions. Ms. Gist advised clients on general business and corporate law, aircraft acquisition, disposition, operation, leasing and financing, as well as Federal Aviation Administration regulatory matters. Ms. Gist represented numerous corporate and private purchasers and sellers of aircraft, assisting clients in forming operating structures that worked to shield tax, FAA and general liabilities. During many of these transactions she... Read More