Watson Farley & Williams LLP

Watson Farley & Williams LLP‘s ’highly motivated’ team is routinely instructed by banks, export credit agencies, lessors, arrangers and airlines in high-profile, multijurisdictional financing transactions in the aviation and maritime sectors. The group is active in financings involving export credit agencies, Japanese Operating Leases (JOLs and JOLCOs), sale and leasebacks and Chinese leasing structures. Lizzie Roe, who oversees the Singapore-based team, is a specialist in project, asset and structured finance in the maritime sector, where she acts for financial institutions, sponsors, lessors, owners and operators. Charles Viggers, a key contact for banks, lessors, arrangers and export credit agencies, and Richard Williams, who attracts regular engagements from banks, lessors, investors and airlines, specialise in aviation finance and leasing, while Andrew Nimmo is noted for his work in the shipping and offshore industries.