Aviation

Our Aviation and Asset Finance Group works closely with colleagues across the firm to deliver a product that adds value to all elements of our clients’ operations. Our reputation is based on proven professional skills, a thorough understanding of client requirements, sound judgment and a practical approach to resolving commercial problems in an efficient way.

We have extensive experience across all areas of the industry including:

• Acting for international and domestic aircraft owners, lessors and financiers on all Irish law aspects of cross-border aircraft and transport financing and leasing
• Advising on the establishment and ongoing day to day operations of aircraft leasing platforms in Ireland
• Advising on domestic and cross-border tax-based leasing transactions
• Advising on company mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures investments and asset sales and novations
• Advising on a wide variety of finance transactions to include debt facilities, ABS financings, warehouse financings and other capital market products
• Advising on regulatory matters including airport charges, ground handling, ownership of airlines and licensing of aircraft, sanctions and export controls
• Advising in relation to the Cape Town Convention
• Working with colleagues in our Litigation, Disputes and Investigations Practice in relation to aircraft repossessions
• Working with colleagues in our Restructuring and Insolvency practice in relation to aviations related restructurings and insolvencies

Relevant Experience

• Advised steering committee of creditors to Nordic Aviation Capital group on all Irish law matters in connection with Nordic’s Irish scheme of arrangement
• Advised Deutsche Lufthansa AG its EUR€3bn state-guaranteed loan from state bank KfW and a syndicate of other private banks
• Advising Ryanair on a wide variety of ongoing corporate, finance, tax, aviation and litigation matters including the Irish aspects of is 2020 EMTN programme
• Advised Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company, Limited on the establishment of its landmark $230 million helicopter leasing joint venture with Lease Corporation International
• Advised GA Telesis, LLC on the establishment of its aircraft leasing platform in Ireland and its subsequent acquisition of aircraft from BOC Aviation
• Advised Industrial and Commercial Bank of China on the establishment and update of its MTN Programme
• Advised Flexam Invest on its investment in a joint venture vehicle with Lease Corporation International