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McCann FitzGerald LLP Offices
RIVERSIDE ONE
SIR JOHN ROGERSON'S QUAY
DUBLIN 2
Ireland
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Ian Payne
Work Department
Aviation and Asset Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Ian trained with McCann FiitzGerald LLP and became a partner in the firm in 2022. He specialises in all aspects of the financing, leasing, acquisition, disposal and management of aircraft. He acts for many leading international lessors and also advises new market entrants in relation to the establishment of aircraft leasing platforms in Ireland. He regularly manages complex cross-border lease negotiations and acts for clients on sale and lease back transactions, portfolio acquisitions and disposals and aircraft repossessions. He also frequently acts as both transaction counsel and local Irish counsel to borrowers and lenders in relation to the secured financing of aircraft and advises on GATS structures and documentation.
Ian is a regular contributor on the subject of aircraft leasing on the Law Society of Ireland’s Diploma in Aviation Leasing and Financing.
Prior to becoming a partner, Ian spent time on secondment with a global operating lessor.
Education
BA (Hons), History and Politics (2004-2007) University College Dublin., Postgrad Dip Law (2008), Technological University Dublin; LLM (2010) University College Dublin., Solicitor (2014)
Lawyer Rankings
Ireland > Transport
(Next Generation Partners)The multi-disciplinary transport team at McCann FitzGerald LLP is equipped to provide ‘exceptionally tailored‘ advice to clients throughout the sector, with notable expertise in advising state authorities on procurement, contractual and financing matters relating to bus and rail services and road infrastructure. The firm also has an impressive offering in the aviation sphere, where it is particularly well regarded for its ability to act as lead counsel on complex aviation finance deals. Catherine Deane
, Hilary Marren, Georgina O’Riordan, Joe Fay, Richard Gill, Ian Payne and Laura Deignan are among the names to note for aircraft financing and leasing, while practice head Eamonn O’Hanrahan and Liane Egan frequently advise on public transport projects.
Ireland > Asset finance
(Next Generation Partners)McCann FitzGerald LLP has an excellent track record in the aviation finance and leasing arenas. With eight partners in its ranks, the practice is instructed in a wide spectrum of matters, ranging from the establishment of aviation platforms in Ireland to capital markets, syndicated financings, leasings, sale and leaseback transactions, corporate reorganisations and restructurings. Catherine Deane is a doyenne of the aviation finance market; finance practice head Georgina O’Riordan, Hilary Marren, Joe Fay and Colm Fanning are established practitioners in the space. Richard Gill, Laura Deignan and Ian Payne are also highly regarded names in the department.
Lawyer Rankings
- Asset finance Ireland
- Next Generation Partners Ireland > Transport
- Next Generation Partners Ireland > Asset finance
- Transport Ireland
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