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McGuireWoods LLP Offices
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TWO EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 1300
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111-3821
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Peter Szurley
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Career
Peter Szurley represents financial institutions, hedge funds and finance companies. He handles complex commercial financings of all kinds, including syndicated and single-bank lending transactions, equipment leasing, securitizations and structured finance. He also works on domestic and cross-border transactions (particularly involving aircraft financings and sales). Financial institutions turn to Peter for his experience in credit restructurings inside and outside of bankruptcy and hedge funds seek his counsel on financing and general corporate matters. Peter is the past co-chair of the Opinions Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association and is a member of its Steering Committee.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
McGuireWoods LLP‘s aviation group has a strong market reputation for its assistance with corporate aircraft-related financing, leasing, purchases and sales. The group is also consistently mandated to act on the acquisition, disposition and management of commercial aircraft portfolios. It additionally advises major public companies on their company-owned aircraft fleets. Also of note, the team routinely structures the ownership, acquisition, leasing, sale and financing of fractional interests in aircraft. In Charlotte, Patricia Hosmer represents borrowers, lenders, lessors, lessees, equity participants and agents in aircraft financings; and M&A and corporate transactions expert David Whelpley Jr. likewise has notable aircraft sector experience. Also integral to the department are New York-based Deepak Reddy, an adviser to airlines, aircraft leasing companies, financial institutions and investment funds on commercial aircraft-related M&A, financing, restructuring and leasing deals; and Peter Szurley in San Francisco, whose wide-ranging practice encompasses aircraft finance and sales.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense