Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP has a diverse clientbase in the aviation finance sector, working with international airlines such as Lufthansa alongside investment funds and capital management companies. The team which is led by Washington DC’s Steven Chung regularly advises on deal financing, portfolio acquisition, and revolving bridge facilities. It does a lot of work with Griffin Global Asset Management in various lease transactions, engine purchases, and the offerings of unsecured notes. Chung works for a variety of stakeholders in stateside and multijurisdictional matters and is experienced at working with joint venture transactions, aircraft financings, and portfolio securitizations. In Miami, Mark Denham focuses on international transactions, acting for purchasers and lenders alike. Out of the D.C. office, Andrew Fowler excels in structured financings whilst Thomas Healey is an award-winning finance specialist who is adept at handling Chapter 11 bankruptcies. In New York, Terry Sanders rounds out the team with a wealth of banking experience.
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Key clients
- Lufthansa
- Griffin Global Asset Management LLC
- United Airlines
- Republic Airways
- HPS Investment Partners
- Arajet
- Hudson Structured Capital Management
Work highlights
- Represented Holdings Lender, LLC and Bain Capital Griffin LO Holdco III, L.P. on a recent pre-delivery payment back-leverage financing – in which a project sponsor or developer finances all or some of its equity contribution with third-party loans – for nine JetSMART and three Viva Air aircraft.
- Represented the arrangers, lenders and agents, which included Citibank, N.A., and Goldman Sachs USA, as joint mandated lead arrangers, structuring agents, and joint book-runners, for a $2 billion senior secured credit facility to Setanta Aircraft Leasing DAC, a special purpose borrower of the AerCap Holdings Group, which closed on Nov. 5. BofASecurities, Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets acted as joint lead arrangers for the Facility.
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Leading partners
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Practice head
Steven Chung
Other key lawyers
Andrew Fowler; Terry Sanders; Mark Denham; Thomas Healey