Graeme McLellan > Greenberg Traurig, LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Greenberg Traurig, LLP Offices

THE SHARD, LEVEL 8
32 LONDON BRIDGE STREET
LONDON
SE1 9SG
England
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Graeme McLellan

Work Department
Banking & Financial Services
Position
Shareholder
Career
Graeme McLellan is an asset finance professional with particular focus on the aircraft and rail rolling stock sectors, regularly advising major sophisticated international clients on business-critical matters.
His experience includes secured loans, bond financings, tax leasings, Islamic financings, and portfolio acquisitions / disposals. He enjoys cutting through complex and difficult issues, applying experience of structured, cross-border transactions to develop innovative strategies.
Graeme frequently advises new market entrants on their initial market studies, product development and structuring, bids for opportunities, and implementation of winning bids.
In the rail sector, Graeme advises on transactions internationally and has been involved in the UK rail sector since privatisation. He has advised on many major rolling stock transactions, often applying his broader knowledge to the development of innovative strategies.
Graeme is renowned for his aircraft finance experience in the commercial aircraft and corporate / private jet sectors. He advises on a broad range of transaction structures, including lessor financings and Islamic financings.
Concentrations
Rail
Aviation
Capabilities
Banking & Financial Services
Business Aviation
Corporate
Finance
Project & Infrastructure Finance
Transportation
Infrastructure
Rail & Transit
Aviation
Admission to Practice
England and Wales
Hong Kong
Languages
English
Education
- LPC, College of Law, 1995
- LL.B. (Hons), University of Edinburgh, 1993
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
Led by asset finance expert Graeme McLellan, Greenberg Traurig, LLP‘s banking and finance team handles some general syndicated lending and investment-grade borrower work, including in areas of core firmwide sector expertise such as real estate and transport. Leveraging his broader corporate restructuring credentials, Rupert Cheetham handles some syndicated lending work in a distressed scenario.
London > Finance > Transport finance and leasing
(Leading partners)Exhibiting ‘excellent customer focus and commercial understanding’, Greenberg Traurig, LLP is a popular choice among clients in the rail sector across a range of domestic and cross-border finance and leasing matters, often drawing upon resources throughout the firm’s wider finance practice. Graeme McLellan has ‘excellent industry knowledge’, which he deploys to good effect on rolling stock procurement transactions, depot financings and portfolio acquisitions/disposals.
London > Transport > Rail
(Leading partners)Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Leading partners London > Transport > Rail
- Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans London > Finance
- Transport finance and leasing London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing