Joe Fay

Aviation and Asset Finance

Joe Fay graduated from University College Cork (LLM) in 1995 and qualified in 1998. He joined McCann FitzGerald LLP as a Trainee in 1995 and became a Partner in 2005. He specialises in banking and asset finance transactions and has advised many of the main participants in the aviation finance industry during his career. Joe advises on the structuring and financing of the acquisition, ownership and leasing of aircraft and aircraft portfolio securitisations. He is also involved in advising foreign and domestic aircraft owners and lessors on all aspects of registration of aircraft on the Irish register, operating aircraft in Ireland and establishing aircraft facilities in Ireland. In the course of this work Joe advises on the Irish and EU regulatory framework for the operation and ownership of aircraft and airlines.

The Law Society of Ireland, 1998