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

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
THE SHARD, LEVEL 8
32 LONDON BRIDGE STREET
LONDON
SE1 9SG
England
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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)

Graeme McLellan – Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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)

Graeme McLellanGreenberg Traurig, LLP