Oliver Hipperson > Clifford Chance LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Clifford Chance LLP Offices
10 UPPER BANK STREET
LONDON
E14 5JJ
England
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Oliver Hipperson
Work Department
Banking & Finance |
Position
Partner |
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Transport finance and leasing
(Leading partners)The ‘experienced, knowledgeable and commercially-oriented’ team at Clifford Chance LLP has ‘great knowledge across all aspects of aviation finance and leasing’ , ensuring that it is well-equipped to advise the firm’s eclectic client mix of lessors, banks, funds and manufacturers. Because of the firm’s bench strength in London and globally, as well as its ability to leverage broader overarching capital markets, banking, tax and restructuring practice area prowess, ‘there is nothing they can’t tackle’, and are often first-port of call for clients seeking advice on first-of-kind and novel transactions. ‘Hugely experienced’ team head Oliver Hipperson ‘understands the needs of the financiers’, and is regularly instructed by funders on highly structured and tax-driven mandates, including JOLCO structures. As well as his pure asset finance prowess, which includes expertise advising on ABS transactions, Ranbir Hunjan is also regularly engaged in broader transactional work in the aviation sector, including on M&A-related leasing matters, as well as helping to establish new leasing platforms for clients. Richard Evans ‘is great at explaining technical legal issues, working out an acceptable solution for both sides’, ensuring that he is a popular choice for creditors and debtors across a range of financing structures, including full and limited recourse operating lease financings, and tax-driven mandates. As well as his work for lessors on recovery efforts and sanctions compliance for aircraft leased to Russian airlines, Paul Carrington also heads up the firm’s rail industry group. William Glaister recently retired.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Transport finance and leasing London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Securitisation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Finance > High yield
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Real estate > Planning
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)