Taking advantage of the firm’s global network, the transport & logistics team at Appleby is experienced in shipping and aviation matters across a number of key jurisdictions, particularly other major aircraft registration points like Bermuda, Guernsey and the Cayman islands. Eleanor Harding leads the aviation side of the practice with considerable experience in high value aircraft and shipping transactions, as well as asset finance matters. Kyle Sutherland leads the firm’s corporate team while also handling a number of shipping matters. Alexandra Dernie leads on a number of major aviation matters, while Sophie Corkish specialises in shipping finance transactions.
Shipping and aviation in Isle Of Man
Appleby
Practice head(s):
Kyle Sutherland; Tom Brook
Other key lawyers:
Eleanor Harding; Alexandra Dernie; Sophie Corkish
Testimonials
‘Alexandra Dernie dealt with matters in a timely and efficient manner.’
Cains
Cains‘ shipping and aviation team has significant experience handling some of the most high value and complex transactions in the sector on both a domestic and international level. The team advises on a range of issues within these sectors, including aircraft and vessel finance, as well as chartering, restructuring, security enforcement and litigation. Mike Edwards is an expert in complex shipping and aviation transactions with in-house experience of the shipping industry. Steven Quayle handles domestic and cross-border asset finance with a particular focus on business and commercial aviation, ship and super yacht finance.
Practice head(s):
Mike Edwards; Steven Quayle
Other key lawyers:
Faye Devlin; Matthew Wilkinson
Testimonials
‘Steven Quayle and Matthew Wilkinson are very helpful – nothing is too much trouble. They relate well with 3rd parties.’
‘Go-to IOM aviation lawyers’
‘Only IoM law firm with genuine experience in aspects of ship and super yacht financing. Mike Edwards is the go to lawyer. Considerable expertise on all aspects of relevant IoM law’
‘Mike Edwards- responsive, pragmatic, sensible of legal fees.’
Key clients
Credit Suisse AG
Jet Aviation
Danish Ship Finance
JP Morgan
NCL Corporation (Norwegian Cruise Line)
Hamburg Commercial Bank
BNP Paribas
Bank of America
Standard Chartered Bank
Investec Asset Finance
Nordea Bank AB
DNB Bank ASA
HSBC Bank PLC
Citibank
Telesat Canada
UniCredit AG
Lombard North Central PLC
Work highlights
- Acting for Norwegian Cruise Line on amendments to a USD 1.4 billion credit facility agreement between, among others, NCL Corporation Ltd. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., including the confirmation of guarantees and security by various Isle of Man incorporated NCL subsidiaries that own cruise ships.
DQ
DQ supports a wide variety of clients in the shipping sector with ross-border transactions while also advising on the financing of new builds, registration and enforcement of security documents. In aviation, the team supports buyers and sellers on multijurisdictional transactions and the importation and registration of aircrafts. Mark Dougherty has experience in ship financing transactions based in both the Isle of Man and Bermuda, while Donna Matthews regularly acts for some of the largest ship finance lenders in the market.
Practice head(s):
Mark Dougherty; Donna Matthews
Testimonials
‘DQ Advocates remain one of the go-to shipping firms on the Island.’
‘Mark Dougherty has a very good reputation and is very involved in the wider industry.’
Key clients
Ray Car Carriers Ltd
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
Niki Shipping Ltd
Seven Mile Shipping
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Filiale Deutschlandgeschäft
Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Limited
HSH Nordbank AG
Watson Farley Williams
Hanjin Shipping
Döhle
Handleys Shipping Ltd
Berge Bulk
DVB Bank SE
DNB Bank ASA
Citibank N.A., London Branch
Blue Water Logistics UK Limited
Credit Suisse
Joh. Berenberg, Gosler & Co. K.G.
UniCredit Bank AG
Ryanair
McDermott Will & Emery
Shoosmiths
DLA Piper
Cavendish Trust Company
Bank of America
Equiom
KPMG
SMP Partners
Lombard
Hogan Lovells International LLP
Ernst & Young
Döhle
Work highlights
- Advising syndicates of banks including Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Limited and Danish Ship Finance A/s in relation to the financing of vessels currently held by Ray Car Carriers Ltd.
- Advising Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank in relation to the Sea Bridge Finance Limited joint venture. Sea Bridge Finance is a 50-50 joint venture between CA-CIB and SMTB and was formed to invest up to US$1 billion in senior secured ship mortgage loans.