Asset Finance
Structuring and documenting asset finance transactions
can be complex, often involving multiple jurisdictions
with competing legal and tax systems.

Key contacts

Our industry-focused team cuts through thecomplexity, working from our offices across Europe, theUnited States, the Middle East, and Asia to delivercommercial solutions wherever your business takesyou.

Alexander Premont,

Robert Fugard,London
Paris

Kaveeta Sandhu,
Singapore

Mehtap Cevher Conti,
New York

We represent operators, lessors, lessees, banks, funds,manufacturers, export credit agencies, andgovernments on complex, multiparty transactions
across a full range of asset sectors including aviation,rail, shipping, and plant and equipment.

Alexander Gasparyan,

We develop innovative solutions for clients many ofwhich represent "firsts” both for our clients and within
the industries in which they operate, reflecting a deep
sector understanding and our reputation as a strong
commercially driven practice and trusted advisor.

Aviation Finance
Aviation Litigation
Corporate Aircraft and Superyacht
Finance
Cross-border Restructuring andInsolvency
Direct Lending
FinTechHelicopter Financing
Islamic Finance
Loan Portfolio and Distressed Debt
Transactions

Representative experience
Advised Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA on theestablishment of a joint venture with CCB Leasing(International) Corporation DAC to finance, own, andlease its order book of A320 neo family aircraft.

Dubai

Areas of focus

Advised Pembroke Capital on the purchase andleaseback of six Airbus A321-200 aircraft to Delta Air
Lines and 10 Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Southwest
Airlines.
Representing Avincis Aviation Critical Services, one of
the world's largest helicopter operators, on a wide
range of helicopter operating lease and financing
transactions across Europe and Australia.
Advised UBS Corporate Aircraft Finance on the financelease or secured loan financing of more than 100
corporate aircraft.
Advised Société Générale on the financing of eightvessels for a joint venture vehicle between the marinetransport and services group Louis Dreyfus Armateurs
SAS and Abu Dhabi Ports Company PJSC.
Advised Akiem Group, European leader in locomotive
leasing, on the whole-business acquisition ofMacquarie Europe Rail's rolling stock leasing businessincluding 137 locomotives, 110 carriages, and 46 trains.
Advised on the EUR multibillion high-speed Rail Baltica
project - the largest Baltic-region infrastructure projectin the last 100 years.
Advised JPMorgan on its first of a kind US EXIMsupported PDP financing of 3 737-8 aircraft forSunExpress.
Advised Natixis and Crédit Agricole Corporate andInvestment Bank as mandated lead arrangers and a
syndicate of 14 international banks in relation to a
€1.2bn sustainability linked financing to Air FranceKLM.
Advised Viva Aerobus on the US$165m Balthazar
supported financing of three Airbus A321neo aircraft;
this marks Viva’s first use of non-payment insurance(NPI) supported financing and the airline is the first toaccess this type of financing in the Americas.
Advised African Export-Import Bank on the BNDES
export credit backed financing of three Embraer E190
for CIAF, an Egyptian leasing company, for on-lease to

Plant and Equipment Financing
Rail Finance
Shipping Finance
Sustainable Finance & Investment

Related practices
Aviation
Banking and Loan FinanceRestructuring and Special Situations
Capital Markets
Infrastructure, Energy, Resources,and Projects
Private Equity
Transportation

Related sectors
Financial Institutions
Aerospace and DefenseEgyptAir and Air Cairo.
Advised CA-CIB on the sustainability-linked JOLCO(Japanese operating lease with call option) financing ofone Airbus A350-900 aircraft for Air France.
Advised several lessor clients on early termination ofleases with low-cost Indian Airline Go First.
Advised Arctic Aviation Assets DAC on its back-stop
finance lease facility for up to ten new B737 MAX-8
aircraft and two CFM LEAP-1B spare engines with CCB
Leasing (International) Corporation DAC (“CCBLI”), tobe operated by airlines in the Norwegian Air Shuttle
group.
Advised Icelandair on the operating leases of 10 B7378 aircraft from ACG, BOC Aviation, BoComm, SKY
Leasing and SMBC Aviation Capital.
Advised Société Générale and KfW on the financing ofsix 16,000 TEU containerships vessel to Mediterranean
Shipping Company.
Advised Verkor on its record financing of over €2billion, to launch high performance battery gigafactoryin Dunkirk (France) and accelerate future sustainablemobility.
Advised Ermewa on a long-term partnership withLineas, Europe’s largest private rail operator, based ona large sale-and-leaseback of approximately 4,000wagons.

Awards and rankings
Recognized for Asset Finance, Chambers UK, 2018Recognized for Aviation in France, Chambers Europe,
2018
Recognized in France for Aviation, Aviation Finance,and Shipping Finance, The Legal 500, 2018
Recognized for Aviation Finance and Rail Finance,
Chambers Global, 2018
Recognized for Asset Finance, The Legal 500 UK,
2018

Best cross-border airline or lessor financing by aChinese financier, Airfinance Journal China Awards,
2017

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