Negotiating aircraft leasing agreements: dealing with dispute resolution clauses and the benefits of arbitration
Aircraft leasing is often used by airlines and other aircraft... Read more
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Not only do we have a 200-strong team of asset finance legal specialists, but we also have first class expertise in all sectors of the asset finance and leasing industry, especially in our core market sectors of aviation, maritime and rail.
We advise on the full range of aviation, maritime and rail financings. Our advice covers all types of finance and leasing from debt finance, export finance, operators leasing, finance leasing, PDP finance, portfolio transfers, tax leasing products, capital markets products, Islamic finance to receivables finance. We also advise on restructurings and have extensive experience of aircraft repossessions and ship mortgage enforcements worldwide.
Our award-winning aviation finance team offers industry-leading expertise for financiers, lessors and operators of commercial aircraft, helicopters and corporate/private jets. Across ship finance, we advise in every asset class from wet and dry bulk, containers and container boxes, to drilling rigs and offshore support vessels, cruise, yachts and ferries (plus related sectors such as LNG, ports and logistics).
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WFW advises Asian financial institution on JOLCO for two container box portfolios
WFW advised an Asian financial institution as arranger, agent, security agent and lender on a US$201.85m sustainability-linked JOLCO with ONE as lessee and FPG as equity provider for two portfolios of container boxes comprising dry container boxes and reefer container boxes.
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Navigating Turbulence: a comparative analysis using GARI of Chapter 11, UK schemes and domestic procedures
Why have many airlines tended towards Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings as an internationally recognised restructuring procedure and shied away from the UK schemes?
