With strength in representing lender clients, the aviation finance team at K&L Gates remains active, advising on a range of financing transactions, with recent highlights including advising on bilateral and syndicated financing to US companies. The group also has experience handling aerospace matters, advising manufacturers in this sector. In Orange County, Amanda Darling is particularly noted for her work in the Japanese market, where she has experience advising on a broad range of Japanese financing and leasing transactions. Milos Kovacevic, in Seattle, is a key contact for sustainable financing, recently advising on one of the first green JOLCOs. Robert Melson leads the team from Tokyo.
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Key clients
- Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
Work highlights
Advised a global financial institution on the sustainability-linked operating lessor financing to leasing and financing services provider relating to three aircraft operated by a Turkish low-cost airline.
Practice head
Robert Melson
Other key lawyers
Amanda Darling; Milos Kovacevic