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K&L Gates

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The aviation finance team at K&L Gates  has wide-reaching expertise, from representing both bank and non-institutional lenders to lessors, airlines, and technology innovators. Its services for commercial finance in the sector are a particular highlight. Amanda Darling heads up the team from Orange County, ‘an excellent lawyer’ with notable experience of the Japanese market which leads her to work in structuring and advising on JOLCO transactions. Milos Kovacevic, in Seattle, is also recommended.
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  • ‘K&L Gates have a very strong team spread across their network, with a deep bench who have a solid grasp of the aviation finance market’

  • ‘Amanda Darling is an excellent lawyer. She is highly knowledgeable, very easy to deal with and makes herself available for her clients. ’

  • ‘They are very responsive, pragmatic, knowledgeable and availableto reach a mutual solution, even when working on opposite side of a transaction. ’

  • ‘Amanda Darling is a pleasure to deal with - professional, pragmatic, reliable.'

  • ‘The worldwide coverage offered by the team is particularly useful in the negotiation of aircraft finance transactions. It facilitates quick document turnaround times which is crucial in meeting short timeframes.’

  • ‘I have been working with an excellent lawyer and her team at K&L Gates for over 10 years. I am very satisfied with their work. ’

  • ‘Amanda Darling based in CA is very responsive, proactive and professional. She understands our business and our industry very well. Excellent lawyer!’

  • ‘K&L is amazing at coordinating/collaborating internally and externally to support highly structured/innovative financing solutions. We have been extremely pleased with their team which enable tremendous growth in the aviation sector for our bank.’

Key clients

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  • JP Lease Products & Services Co., Ltd.
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, New York Branch
  • TC Skyward Aviation U.S., Inc.
  • Republic Airways Inc.
  • Tokyo Century Corporation
  • CareFlight Limited
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing, Company, Limited
  • Sojitz Corporation

Work highlights

Advised a Japanese aviation leasing company as beneficial seller’s/purchaser's counsel in the sale and purchase of the beneficial interest and JOLCO finance and lease of seven (7) Airbus A321-271NX aircraft with MSNs 11032, 11086, 11642, 11161, 11195, 11247 and 11203. The aircraft are leased to a major American ultra low-cost airline.
Represented a syndicate of lenders in connection with the secured financing of six (6) aircraft to a major American airline as borrower.
Represented the Lenders in the financing of six (6) aircraft to an aircraft leasing corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The transaction involved a grant of security interest by the borrower in its wholly-owned subsidiary as well as in all of the equity in the aircraft owning entities

Lawyers

Practice head

Amanda Darling

Other key lawyers

Milos Kovacevic;