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With a long-standing experience in, and commitment to, the aviation finance and aerospace sectors, our specialist teams have a well-established reputation for excellence.

We are an award-winning team.  We recently won Airfinance Journal's 2010 award for 'PDP deal of the year' for advising Tiger Airways on predelivery financing of five A320 deliveries.   London aviation finance partner Paul Richardson won the ILO Client Choice award 2010 in the UK aviation category; and global head of aviation Paul Ng was ranked in 2009 as a leading expert on Shari'a compliant aviation finance by Islamic Finance News.   Previously, we won Airfinance Journal's 2006 award for 'most innovative deal of the year' for the first time application of Shari'a compliant Murabaha principles to pre-delivery payments for aircraft.

Members of our team are recognised as leading figures in engine leasing and corporate jets respectively.  Our lawyers also have particular expertise in a number of niche areas in the aviation finance sectors, including finance and leasing in the regional airline market, restructuring airlines and associated financing issues, supporting airlines and financiers across their range of activities in developing countries, and start up airlines.

We can help you with:

  • Debt finance and security matters
  • Domestic and cross-border tax-driven leasing
  • Aircraft engine and component finance and operating leasing
  • Synthetic leasing
  • Aircraft, engine and component portfolio sale and purchase
  • Residual / asset value and deficiency guarantees
  • Pre-delivery financing
  • Sale and lease-back financing
  • Islamic financing of aircraft
  • Tax structuring

An excellent team – the firm's resources are significant

Legal 500 UK 2007

"The kind of top client service that is hard to find"

Chambers UK 2009

"The sheer commitment of Stephenson Harwood is key to its success"

Chambers UK 2010

"Total dedication"

Asia Pacific Legal 500 2009/2010

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