Double first class Bachelor's and Master's degrees - Oxford University, England

Legal training, London

• England and Wales

Advising / acting for:
•    An ad hoc group of secured creditors on the US$6bn Chapter 11 debt restructuring of the world’s largest regional aircraft leasing company. 
•    A European bank on the sale of its entire aviation finance client lending portfolio (approximately €5.6bn) to another bank.
•    Operating lessors on multiple portfolio acquisitions; PDP financings, issuing of default notices to lessees; letter of credit drawdowns; engine sales and substitutions; and negotiation of MRO agreements.
•    Issuers in connection with multiple issuances of fixed rate secured notes, the proceeds of which were used by each issuer to acquire a portfolio of aircraft and aircraft engines on lease to a diversified pool of customers.
•    A US-based airline on the sale and leaseback of five aircraft in connection with its emergence from Chapter 11 proceedings.
•    Buyers and sellers in connection with multiple aircraft sales and related novations.
•    Lenders on the US$165.45 million Balthazar-supported financing of three A321NEO aircraft, the first Balthazar‑supported financing for an airline in the Americas; 
•    A major Middle East-based operating lessor on - the financing of its purchase of six new Airbus aircraft to be leased to various different operators; substitution of aircraft in existing facilities; and refinancing of existing loans.
•    A major cargo airline on transfers of beneficial interest in leases.
•    A US-based airline on the purchase of 50 aircraft, flight simulation devices and associated training arrangements in connection with its establishment of a pilot training school.
•    The sale and purchase of various corporate jets.
•    A leading European financial institution on the export credit supported debt financing of electric-powered multiple units for a European rail operator.
•    The Airbus export credit agencies on the restructuring of their portfolio of financings to a major international airline.
•    Lenders in connection with multiple ExIm supported financings.
•    Export credit agencies and financial institutions on multiple deliveries of new Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, ATR and Bombardier aircraft, including Japanese Operating Leases and German, French and Italian optimised lease structures.