Now based in Singapore, Mert is Managing Partner of the office and oversees the activities of the Asia Aerospace team. The team currently comprises 10 lawyers, based in both Singapore and Hong Kong, and is the largest aviation liability team in the region. Mert trained at BLG before joining the aerospace department in 1997.

Mert handles a wide variety of commercial litigation and insurance matters in various jurisdictions, including air carrier’s and airport’s liability, aviation product liability and coverage disputes.

Mert also regularly advises aviation entities on non-contentious issues such as contractual wordings including terms and conditions of carriage, risk management and regulatory matters.

He is handling, on behalf of Reinsurers, a number of high profile multi-jurisdictional disputes and major accidents including the Zest Airways loss in the Philippines in January 2009, the Atlasjet loss in Turkey in November 2007, the Flash Airlines loss in Egypt in 2004, the Turkish Airlines loss in Diyarbakir in 2003, and the Air China loss in Pusan in 2002.

Mert is recommended by Chambers and other leading legal and aerospace publications as a leader in his field.

“Mert Hifzi is ‘a personable character who finds a very good way with people; that really helps with negotiations and stops us getting into hostilities’, report clients.”
Chambers Asia

Mert Hifzi is identified as an individual who is "highly talented" and "a true specialist” in aviation law.
Chambers & Partners