Mr John Howitt > Clifford Chance > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Clifford Chance Offices
31 WEST 52ND STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6131
NEW YORK
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Mr John Howitt
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
John Howitt is a partner in the US Finance and Restructuring Group of Clifford Chance specializing in asset finance. In particular, he focuses on aircraft finance, including leveraged lease transactions, operating leases (domestic and cross-border), new and used aircraft purchases (including portfolio acquisitions), sales (including portfolio sales) and sale-leasebacks, securitizations, restructurings and manufacturer support arrangements. John also has considerable experience in bank and private placement credit transactions, including asset-based financings; domestic and Latin American debt restructurings; acquisition and recapitalization financings; project financings; domestic, Eurodollar, and Eurocurrency loans; loan and note swaps; sales and participations; letter of credit facilities; and commercial paper facilities.
Education
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (JD), 1978; University of California at Los Angeles (BA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), 1975
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
(Hall of Fame)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
- Hall of Fame 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)
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- 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: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt 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