PRACTICE AREAS

The firm manages a wide range of legal work involving the financing, leasing and trading of commercial aviation assets, including commercial and business jet aircraft, helicopters, and commercial aircraft engines.

Financing

Structured finance, including export credit agency-backed lending, finance leases, and other debt-financing arrangements

Operating Leasing

Domestic and cross-border aircraft and engine operating leasing, including sale-leasebacks, lease novations, restructurings and amendments, lessee repossessions and delinquencies, “green time” leasing subject to follow-on teardown/part-out

Trading and Acquisitions

Aircraft, helicopter and engine purchases and sales, including OEM purchases, new and used aircraft sale-leasebacks, and portfolio sales and acquisitions, including lease due-dilligence

Maintenance and Suppliers

Engine maintenance and "power-by-the-hour" contracts, MRO and other third-party supplier arrangements

Aviation Insurance

Lease and finance document covenant review, release agreement review and negotiation, and insurance certificate review

Corporate

General corporate governance and compliance issues, standard-form document review, production and management, and covenant review

Cape Town Convention

Advisory and registrations


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