Mr Scott Edmundson > Webber Wentzel > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile
Webber Wentzel Offices
90 RIVONIA ROAD, SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2196,
PO BOX 61771, MARSHALLTOWN 2107
South Africa
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Mr Scott Edmundson
Position
partner
Career
Scott specialises in financing assets in the transportation industries (ships, aircraft and rolling stock). He has represented a wide range of parties in South Africa, Africa and the United Kingdom on domestic and cross-border bilateral and syndicated transactions. Scott’s experience includes Export Credit Agency (ECA) supported financings, high value taxed-based and non-tax-based lease structures, lease portfolio transfers/ reorganisations, limited recourse financing, receivables financing and off-balance sheet structures.
He has also spent a term abroad working in the banking and finance department of London-based Allen & Overy. In the aviation sector, Scott has advised banks, lessors, airlines and ECAs across the full spectrum of aviation finance deals including secured loan financing, operating leasing, engine financing, manufacturer support and export credit transactions. In the rail sector, he has advised TOC’s, ROSCO’s, financiers, export credit agencies, manufacturers, governments, state-owned entities and various public and other regulatory bodies across the full spectrum of rail finance and rail procurement transactions, including the financing, leasing and maintenance arrangements in connection with such transactions.
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South Africa > Shipping and transport
The shipping practice at Webber Wentzel has extensive experience in advising on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious maritime work. Insurers, shipowners, charterers, port owners and operators, and agents are included in the client base, and the team regularly assists with, among other areas, international trade issues, ship arrests, maritime casualties, enforcement of maritime claims and commercial shipping transactions. The practice is jointly led by Patrick Holloway
, the ‘technically outstanding‘ Andre Bowley and Gavin Fitzmaurice, ‘one of the most commercially-savvy maritime lawyers in the international market‘. On the aviation side, the group is jointly led by Neerasha Singh, who is well versed in handling aviation finance, and Scott Edmundson, who has a solid track record in assisting banks, export credit agencies and airlines with a broad range of financing matters. The team is equally strong at advising on the import and export of aircraft among other aviation regulatory issues.
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- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Investment funds
- Mining
- Shipping and transport
- Tax