Transportation: Aviation: Finance

Holland & Knight's Aviation Finance Practice has earned an international reputation for cutting-edge transactional work involving the domestic and cross-border financing, leasing and trading of aircraft, engines and spare parts, including sophisticated capital markets financings, joint ventures, M&A transactions, bespoke structures for investors and alternative lenders, and "first of its kind" transactions.

Our clients include the world's 20 largest aircraft leasing companies, major U.S. and international airlines, investment funds, investment banks, corporate jet owners, government guarantors, high-net-worth individuals and other key players in the wider aviation industry ecosystem. We deliver more than just financial services-related advice, as many deals involve corporate, regulatory, bankruptcy, insurance and tax support for transactions unique to the aviation industry.

Our status as a recognized leader in addressing the legal concerns of aviation industry participants is the result of our extensive experience as well as our active involvement in a variety of endeavors that support the industry. Current and past activities include serving as chair of the ABA Subcommittee on Aircraft Financing; chair and vice chair of the Legal Advisory Panel to the Aviation Working Group in connection with the Cape Town Convention; serving on the International Registry Board; and writing numerous articles in industry publications and chapters in aviation law treatises.