Chris Knight
Finance; asset finance; aviation, aerospace & transportation; financial services; aviation finance; aircraft finance insurance consortium (afic); trade & export credit agency finance, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Phone+44.20.7847.9640
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Work Department
Finance; Asset Finance; Aviation, Aerospace & Transportation; Financial Services; Aviation Finance; Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium (AFIC); Trade & Export Credit Agency Finance
Position
Chris is a senior associate in the London office of Pillsbury’s Asset Finance Group. His practice focuses on acting for banks, lessors, airlines and export credit agencies 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, OEM purchase agreements, novations, PDP financings, engine maintenance and support agreements, loan/mortgage transactions and ECA supported deals. In 2016, Chris undertook a six-month secondment at Emirates in Dubai advising on a range of delivery, redelivery and ad hoc matters.
Education
Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School, 2009 Distinction
LL.B. (Hons), University of Liverpool, 2008 First