Niel Liebenberg > Bird & Bird ATMD LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile
Bird & Bird ATMD LLP Offices
2 SHENTON WAY #18-01
SGX CENTRE 1
SINGAPORE 068804
Singapore
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Niel Liebenberg
Work Department
Corporate, Aviation
Position
Partner, Corporate and Aviation
Career
I am a senior lawyer specialising in aircraft leasing and financing. I have more than 24 years of private practice and in-house legal experience.
I am a senior lawyer specialising in aircraft leasing and financing. I have more than 24 years of private practice and in-house legal experience.
In my career I have covered the full spectrum of aviation matters ranging from leasing and financing, to setting up airlines and MROs, advising on aviation mergers and joint ventures, negotiating OEM contacts and other commercial agreements, negotiating sale and purchases, and restructuring and disputes. My broad range of experience afforded me a deep understanding of all facets of the aviation industry.
My experience has taught me to advise clients on the legal and commercial implications of their decisions instead of simply focusing on a strictly legal perspective. This approach highlights issues that have very real financial, liability or operational consequences for my clients.
Languages
English, Afrikaans
Memberships
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales (admitted April 2000)
Advocate of the South African High Court (admitted June 1998)
Education
1997 – McGill University, Canada LL.M International Air and Space Law
1996 – University of Antwerp, Belgium Exchange programme in legal studies
1995 – University of Stellenbosch, South Africa BA LLB
Leisure
Paragliding, sailing, playing music and photography
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Asset finance: foreign firms
Bird & Bird ATMD LLP excels in aircraft and engine financing, refinancing, and leasing, regularly acting for a range of lenders and lessees. The team is also well known for airline restructurings and portfolio management. The widely respected aviation expert Leo Fattorini leads ‘a fantastic team of hard-working, solution-orientated and well-respected professionals‘. Fattorini counts blue-chip companies, leasing institutions, and aircraft financiers as his key clients, and his recent caseloads include sales and leasebacks, debt financing, and purchase agreements. The recent addition of Niel Liebenberg who joined from an in-house role further strengthens its aviation transaction capability.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Start-up and venture capital – Foreign firms
- Start-up and venture capital – Local firms
- Asset finance: foreign firms
- Capital markets: equity and debt: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Dispute resolution
- International arbitration
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: foreign firms
- Construction: Local firms