• Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales

Advising:

• Genesis on various purchases, novations and a sale and leaseback with WestJet for six aircraft which closed in 30 days from LOI to delivery;
•  volofin on a recent financing with 400CM of three Aircraft on lease to Iberia serviced by FPG Amentum;
• Jet2 plc on its purchase agreements with Airbus and CFM, the financing of its Boeing 737-800 fleet & Airbus A320 fleet (including a sustainability linked JOLCO) and Jet2.com Ltd with various aircraft and engine leasing, maintenance, sale and purchase transactions;
• easyJet on the sale and leaseback of numerous Airbus A319 aircraft to leading Irish operating lessors; various leasing arrangements with different lessor entities across easyJet's fleet; and numerous lease novations and lease extensions;
• Saudia on various transactions most notably the settlement of its dispute with IAFC;
• Various financiers for financings with Emirates;
• Geodis on its lease and onward operating agreement of an A330;
• A number of conversion agreements;
• InterGlobe Aviation Ltd on the Export Credit Agency financing of ten Airbus A320 aircraft and various other leasing arrangements with different lessor entities;
• Scandinavian Airline Systems on a pre-delivery payment financing facility and various Japanese Operating Leases with Call Option (JOLCO) and other sale and leaseback transactions involving a number of major lessors;
• Voyager (then) Intrepid Aviation on the sale of various aircraft from its fleet, a number of debt financings and other matters relating to its fleet;
• European ECAs on financing a number of A320 aircraft and a Boeing 787-9 for different operating lessors and on the on-going financing and prepayments of a large number of Airbus aircraft for another major operating lessor;
• Various rail transactions including a franchising agreement for The Department for Transport, the supply of new rolling stock for Stadler Rail and financings for CBA and ING;
• The Go-Ahead Group Plc on loan facilities with the Bank of Tokyo, Mitsubishi UFJ Limited and Santander;
• Santander on various ongoing matters in respect of its aviation financing portfolio;
• Carnival plc on charter agreements for its Caribbean operations;
• CMA CGM on charter arrangements and charter templates;
• Jet2 on four of its latest Japanese Operating Lease with Call Option (JOLCO) financings for the delivery of four new A321 aircraft from Airbus;
• Jet2.com on a Maintenance Services Agreement with Honeywell International SARL and Honeywell International Inc in respect of Jet2’s fleet of 131-9A Auxiliary Power Unit for its new Aircraft order;
• Geodis on the launch of its airline offering and negotiating charter agreements;

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