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Vedder Price Offices

Vedder Price
222 NORTH LASALLE STREET, SUITE 2600
CHICAGO, IL 60601-1003
ILLINOIS
United States
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Adam R. Beringer

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+1 (312) 609 7625 aberinger@vedderprice.com View profile

Work Department

Global Transportation Finance

Position

Shareholder

Career

With a focus on commercial aircraft finance, Mr. Beringer has significant experience representing operating lessors, commercial banks, finance companies, manufacturers, private equity funds, hedge funds and other aircraft investors in all manner of aircraft finance transactions, including portfolio securitizations and warehouse financings involving substantial commercial aircraft portfolios, Rule 144A capital markets transactions, M&A transactions, cross-border operating lease transactions, distressed-debt transactions involving debt secured by commercial aircraft portfolios, and numerous aircraft portfolio acquisition and disposition transactions. Mr. Beringer also has experience representing investors and commercial banks in business aircraft and railcar finance transactions.

Mr. Beringer advises clients on various day-to-day matters, such as tax-based corporate structuring, aircraft and engine maintenance agreements, aircraft consignment agreements, aircraft modification and conversion agreements, aircraft servicing and management agreements, and aircraft and engine fund-style joint ventures, as well as general corporate and securities law matters.

Prior to joining Vedder Price, Mr. Beringer served as general counsel to Q Aviation, a global aircraft operating lessor. At Q Aviation, Mr. Beringer advised senior management in the establishment of the company (from inception), developed portfolio and risk management processes and procedures, and had primary responsibility for all legal matters. With this background, Mr. Beringer is able to offer legal advice to aircraft investors that is both practical and based on real-world experience.

Memberships

  • Member, International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT)
  • Member, American Bar Association

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1999
  • University of Dayton, B.A., 1996, cum laude

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance

Housing ‘one of the premier aviation finance legal practices’, Vedder Price‘s client base ranges from major airlines, export credit agencies, operating lessors and asset managers to investment funds, finance companies, and manufacturers and manufacturer finance companies. The team handles the full gamut of aircraft finance deals, with its expertise covering large-value M&A deals, aircraft-related asset-backed securities, and portfolio debt financings. It also assists with structured multi-aircraft financings in the capital markets, sale and leaseback deals, individual aircraft sales, and maintenance, repair and overhaul agreements. In Chicago, Geoffrey Kass is a specialist in aviation sector-related structured financings; Adam Beringer focuses on commercial aircraft finance; Mark Ditto represents operating lessors, commercial banks, finance companies, private equity firms and hedge funds in commercial aircraft and high-value equipment transactions; and Michael Draz is another key aviation finance practitioner. Over in New York, Jeffrey Veber is well known for his work with EXIM Bank on cross-border aircraft leasings; Cameron Gee is ‘one of the best aviation partners around‘; and Justine Chilvers advises on an array of cross-border and domestic aircraft finance transactions. Another key adviser is aircraft finance transaction expert Raviv Surpin in Los Angeles.

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