Aviation Finance - Watson, Farley & Williams

SELECTED AVIATION EXPERIENCE
07
Sale and
Purchase
Experience
Air Astana
>
Advising Air Astana on the
purchase of two E190 aircraft
(with further options) from
Embraer
LCI
>
Advising LCI on the purchase
of Bombardier C‐Series
aircraft
RBS Aviation Capital
>
>
Advising RBS Aviation
Capital on the initial purchase
of 20 A320 aircraft and 20
B737 aircraft
Advising RBS Aviation
Capital on the acquisition of
51 aircraft from GECAS
Manufacturers
>
>
Advising a manufacturer on
the sale and leaseback of over
50 aircraft operated in more
than 20 jurisdictions
Advising a manufacturer on
their conditional sale and the
refinancing of an aircraft for an
airline in Albania
PMB and Malaysian Airlines
> Advising PMB (parent
company of Malaysian
Airlines) and Malaysian
Airlines on the renegotiation
of their A380 purchase
contract
Insolvency and
Restructuring
Experience
Macquarie
HSH
> Advising Macquarie on a > Acting for HSH and KfW on
number of aircraft
the repossession of two B747
repossessions in Greece,
aircraft in China
Sweden, France, Italy,
> Acting for HSH on the
Belgium, Turkey and Thailand restructuring of financing
arrangements with AWAS
following airline default
Export Credit Agencies
>
Advising ECGD and
COFACE on the restructuring
of two ECA‐backed facilities
for RBS Aerospace (now
SMBC Aviation Capital) in
connection with the sale by
RBS Plc of its aircraft leasing
platform.
Export Credit Agencies
>
>
Advising ECAs and lenders
on the restructuring of Air
Canada
Advising COFACE and
ECGD on the (re)leasing and
sale/total loss of five Airbus
A320 aircraft repossessed
from an insolvent airline
CIT Aerospace
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Advising on the restructuring
of operating leases with
Mandala and National
Aviation Services
Advising with respect to the
administration of XL Airways
and Fly Globespan
AWAS
>
Advising AWAS on the
restructuring of a number
of operating leases with
certain carriers in India, Russia
and China
Watson, Farley & Williams Aviation Finance