The awards recognise excellence in the delivery of challenging deals. The winning deals were selected by a judging panel of senior aviation finance and independent executives. To view the full list of winning deals please click here.

The winning transaction: Air Europa $215m SLB and PDP Financing, included a pre-delivery payments financing tranche, which was structured as a three-tranche solution to optimise the size and keep an efficient all-in cost: a senior tranche underwritten by Natixis, a subordinated tranche also underwritten by Natixis and a junior tranche underwritten by operating lessor Goshawk.

The Arthur Cox team advising on this transaction is led by Caroline Devlin (Partner and Co-Head of the Aviation Group) and includes Laura Cawley (Associate, Aviation Group).