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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Level 34
100 Bishopsgate
London
EC2N 4AG
England

Living Wage

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Work Department

Finance; Asset Finance; Aviation, Aerospace & Transportation; Trade & Export Credit Agency Finance

Position

Chris Knight’s asset finance practice focuses on acting for lessors, banks, funds, export credit agencies and airlines on a wide range of high-value, cross-border aircraft and engine finance transactions.

Chris’ extensive transactional experience spans sale and leasebacks, finance and operating leases, novations, JOLCOs, Balthazar / ECA backed finance and lease structures, PDP, warehouse, and bridge financings (amongst others), OEM purchase agreements and engine maintenance and support agreements.

Education

Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School, 2009
Distinction

LL.B. (Hons), University of Liverpool, 2008
First

Lawyer Rankings

London > Finance > Transport finance and leasing

(Leading associates)

Chris Knight Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

With strength-in-depth in London as well as being able to access expertise in the US and Asia, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has strong traction among lessors, airlines, funds and banks across a wide range of cross-border finance and leasing structures. ‘Responsive and solutions-oriented’ team head Graham Tyler is a strong choice for leasing companies and funds on their portfolio acquisitions and financings; he recently advised an asset manager on the acquisition of a 16-cargo aircraft portfolio with debt finance supplied from a non-bank lender. As well as advising on conventional financings, Antony Single also regularly advises on Islamic finance structures for lenders and borrowers and leverages strong relationships with a number of Middle Eastern banks funding transactions in the aviation sector. Chris Knight is also recommended for his ‘practical and business-oriented advice’. Debra Erni joined Holland & Knight (UK) LLP in January 2024.