• Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales

Advising:

• A syndicate of lenders on multiple aircraft financings and related restructurings.
• Major international aircraft leasing companies on numerous portfolio and individual acquisitions, leases, disposals and purchase and leasebacks involving a significant number of aircraft, airlines and jurisdictions.
• The lead arrangers, with European ECA support, in secured financing for the refurbishment of an FPSO for operation in offshore Brazil.
• An arranger and the facility agent, with multiple Asian ECA support, in secured financing for the construction of a new build FPSO for operation in the North Sea, and a related review of the underlying project arrangements and multiple jurisdictional issues.
• The mandated lead arrangers on the highly structured cross-border financing for SeaMex, a joint venture between Seadrill and Fintech Investments, of five drilling units for Pemex offshore Mexico, including advising on structuring and enforcement analysis.
• The arrangers and agents in several facilities financing offshore assets operating in the North Sea, including advising on restructuring and work-out options.
• Arrangers on a number of Altera Infrastructure (i) a FPSO financings since 2013 and (ii) new-build shuttle-tanker financings with multiple ECA support.
• The purchaser of distressed offshore equipment for operation in offshore Mexico.
• The arrangers of a secured term loan, revolving credit and guarantee facility for the DeepOcean group, an offshore services provider with operations in Europe and Mexico.
• A group of international banks on the restructuring of debt for an offshore service vessel supply company.