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Clifford Chance Offices
31 WEST 52ND STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6131
NEW YORK
United States
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Ms Emily Wicker
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Emily Wicker focuses on secured lending and leasing transactions with an emphasis on aircraft leasing and financing. Emily is experienced in all aspects of aircraft finance, leasing and related restructuring transactions, including pre-delivery payment facilities, aircraft and spare parts credit facilities, EETCs and similar structured finance transactions. Emily joined Clifford Chance from Debevoise where she advised American Airlines in its Chapter 11 reorganization and Delta Air Lines and American Airlines in numerous EETC offerings and other capital markets financings.
Education
University of Virginia School of Law (JD), 1999; Dartmouth College (BA), 1996
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
(Leading lawyers)In addition to advising investment banks, arrangers, and finance and operating lessors, Clifford Chance‘s New York-based group routinely represents servicers, investors, export credit agencies and governmental authorities. The practice houses both commercial and export credit agency financing specialists, and it is highly experienced in aviation capital markets deals, including substantial debt and equity offerings, as well as complex portfolio securitizations and enhanced equipment trust certificates issuances. Another key area is the firm’s operating lessor practice, which acts for several established and newer operating leasing companies. The aviation finance team is additionally supported by the firm’s tax, corporate, capital markets and litigation teams. The asset finance practice’s principal figures are Zarrar Sehgal, who is experienced in representing underwriters, lenders, lessors and governmental agencies in asset finance transactions; and aircraft finance specialist John Howitt. The department also showcases Emily Wicker, who focuses on secured lending and leasing transactions, particularly in relation to aircraft assets; and Patrick O’Reilly, who advises lenders, borrowers, airframe manufacturers and export credit agencies on a range of aircraft finance work. At counsel level, Benjamin Fisher specializes in cross-border asset finance transactions within the aviation sector, while Ken Lee is an asset finance transactional expert.
Lawyer Rankings
- Aviation and air travel: finance United States > Transport
- Leading lawyers United States > Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Tax > Financial products
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate