Aircraft Finance

  • Representation of a major, publicly held oil and gas corporation in the acquisition of a newly built Boeing Business Jet for use by the Chairman of the Board and CEO, and the review and negotiation of contracts for the installation of the custom interior of the Boeing Business Jet
  • Representation of the security trustee for various foreign banks and government export credit agencies, in drafting and negotiating an opinion for a $2.6 billion term loan to finance the acquisition of 64 new aircraft directly from Airbus by one of the largest aircraft leasing company in the world
  • Negotiation and documentation of the acquisition of a Gulfstream IV SP for the foreign owner of a multi-billion dollar, multi-national corporation from a major U.S. domiciled international financial institution
  • Representation of a secured lender in the structuring, negotiation and closing of a $25 million facility to a worldwide provider of aircraft goods and services involving the creation, perfection and priority of security interests in aircraft parts subject to consignment contracts with several major air carries, including Continental Airlines, and the registration against aircraft engines in more than 70 countries under the Cape Town Convention
  • Negotiation and documentation of the acquisition of a Global Express Aircraft from a major hotel/casino operator for a California domiciled privately held corporation
  • The acquisition by a Canadian citizen’s United States holding company of two intervals for the use of a new Gulfstream V from Net Jets
  • Representation of the aircraft holding subsidiary of a major privately held financial institution in the acquisition of a new Hawker 800 and used Gulfstream V, plus representation of the same entity in the disposition of numerous Gulfstream and Hawker aircraft
  • Representation and negotiation of the acquisition of a used Lear Jet by a major garment industry client of the firm