Paul Holland > Dentons > London, England > Lawyer Profile

The ‘approachable’ team at Dentons has ‘extensive know-how of different financing structures’, ensuring that it remains well-placed to advise both borrowers and lenders across a broad swathe of new money and refinancing mandates in the transportation space. Clients from the aviation sector continue to generate most of the deal flow, with the four-partner London-based team being very well-placed to handle cross-border mandates by dint of its vast international network, including a rapidly growing Dublin office which has been particularly useful for leasing-related work. Stephen Temple has excellent insight in the sector, informed by his eclectic client mix which includes airlines, lenders and lessors; he continues to advise a core airline client on multiple financing and leasing transactions. Paul Holland provides ‘a commercial perspective to the points of law’ for a Middle Eastern-focused client base. James Francis is recognised as a ‘fabulous asset to the team’, regularly working alongside Holland on matters for a longstanding airline client as well as for other airlines and lessors, where he brings particular expertise in export credit financings. Sarah Dyke co-heads the team alongside Temple and handles some corporate jet, helicopter and yacht financing work alongside her broader commercial aviation offering. The vastly experienced Serge Sergiou also handles some fee-earning work in his role as consultant.

Dentons is sought after for its experience in banking and finance, capital markets, corporate M&A, and TMT projects in emerging markets. The work of the London group spans Africa, the Middle East, CEE, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the CIS region. The firm’s ‘fantastic team with great market and commercial knowledge‘ is led by head of banking and finance Paul Holland, who is an expert in export credit, trade finance and asset finance. Debt capital markets specialists Nick Hayday, Cameron Half, and David Cohen devote much of their time to deals in the developing world. Colm Ó hUiginn is ‘one of the genuine legal experts in the nascent green hydrogen sector’. John Inglis is ‘an exceptional energy project finance lawyer in London, with a track record of successfully structuring and executing complex financing deals‘. Banking partner James Ingham advised an international bank on a $100m and €93m dual-currency facility agreement for The Government of The Republic of Kenya.