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Aviation Finance

Aviation Finance

Aviation Finance

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Overview

The Global Aviation Finance Team advise on a broad range of transactions, including the following:

Leasing – operating and finance lease arrangements for both new and used aircraft. We have also advised on a large variety of structured sale and lease back transactions as well as a significant number of JOLCOs AND French Tax Leases. 

Financing - all types of financing arrangements including full, limited and non-recourse commercial debt, asset backed securitisations, export credit backed facilities and supported debt. We have particular experience advising on complex aircraft portfolio financing facilities.

Purchase and disposal - aircraft and engine sale and purchase transactions with significant experience in large portfolio trading transactions and managing time sensitive and high volume lease novations.

Engine Leasing and Financing – advising both leasing companies and lessees on a variety of engine leasing, warranties, financing, trading and maintenance support transactions. BCLP has substantial experience in leasing and financing engines in a number of jurisdictions; Ireland, United Kingdom, France, US, Hungary, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, France.

Meet The Team

Anton Chambers
+44 (0) 20 3400 4366

Related Practice Areas

  • Finance

  • International Trade

  • Transport & Asset Finance

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In the previous articles in our series Engine Leasing, the Fundamentals,  BCLP’s global aviation team has discussed the attraction of engine leasing and the key economic drivers.  It has discussed the legal risks associated with engine leasing and the mitigating impact that the Cape Town Convention (CTC) has had on those risks.  The team has also considered what additional steps and protections can be implemented in order to mitigate the risks associated with engine leasing and financing.  In this, the final article of our series, the global aviation finance team provides an overview of the sanctions issues affecting engine financiers and lessors and draws together the key conclusions in our series “Engine Leasing and Financing, the Fundamentals”.
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In our previous article Engine Leasing, the Fundamentals – What is the Attraction?, BCLP’s global aviation team discussed the appeal of engine leasing to investors and the economic considerations which influence decisions made by investors in this asset class. In this, the second of a four part series focussing on engine leasing and financing, BCLP’s global aviation finance team considers the legal risks associated with engine leasing and the mitigating impact that the Cape Town Convention has had on those risks.

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October 22, 2021
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Feb 25, 2021
Carbon pricing in the UK/Europe: ETS and CORSIA developments
Operators in the aviation sector and the ‘stationary sectors’ (power generation, energy intensive industries, etc.) should note that the environmental regulatory framework for carbon pricing and emissions trading in the UK/Europe changed in 2020, and will continue to change. 
Awards
Dec 15, 2020
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021
Insights
Jun 15, 2020
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Insights
Apr 20, 2020
Aircraft leasing in the context of COVID-19 – Practical considerations on compromise, relationships and mitigation
Insights
Mar 05, 2020
Engine Leasing, the Fundamentals - Sanctions and Key Conclusions
In the previous articles in our series Engine Leasing, the Fundamentals,  BCLP’s global aviation team has discussed the attraction of engine leasing and the key economic drivers.  It has discussed the legal risks associated with engine leasing and the mitigating impact that the Cape Town Convention (CTC) has had on those risks.  The team has also considered what additional steps and protections can be implemented in order to mitigate the risks associated with engine leasing and financing.  In this, the final article of our series, the global aviation finance team provides an overview of the sanctions issues affecting engine financiers and lessors and draws together the key conclusions in our series “Engine Leasing and Financing, the Fundamentals”.
Insights
Feb 27, 2020
Engine Leasing and Financing, the Fundamentals - More Legal Mitigations
In our previous article Engine Leasing, the Fundamentals – Legal Risks and the Cape Town Convention, BCLP’s global aviation team discussed the legal risks associated with engine leasing and the mitigating impact that the Cape Town Convention (CTC) has had on those risks.  In this, the third of our four part series focussing on engine leasing and financing, the aviation finance team consider what additional steps and protections can be implemented in order to mitigate the risks associated with engine leasing and financing more generally.
Insights
Feb 20, 2020
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In our previous article Engine Leasing, the Fundamentals – What is the Attraction?, BCLP’s global aviation team discussed the appeal of engine leasing to investors and the economic considerations which influence decisions made by investors in this asset class. In this, the second of a four part series focussing on engine leasing and financing, BCLP’s global aviation finance team considers the legal risks associated with engine leasing and the mitigating impact that the Cape Town Convention has had on those risks.