About

Ed Riley drew particular acclaim for his role in Dublin based aircraft leasing company Avolon’s IPO on the NYSE in December 2014. ‘This was the culmination of the first four and a half years of Avolon’s growth and was the largest ever IPO of an Irish-founded company’, Riley claims. With extensive experience in the industry, Riley has amassed a total of 16 years working within the aeronautical industry in a legal capacity including roles as senior legal counsel at Airbus and senior vice president, commercial negotiation at RBS Aviation Capital. He joined Avolon in 2010 and created the legal function and oversaw the aviation specialist’s global business expand spectacularly, to one comprising 126 aircrafts with a $5.6bn net worth. Heading a compact team of eight, Riley’s management skills are praised as much as his legal knowledge. He has developed a function capable of excelling whilst operating amidst an environment involving a high amount of technically complex transactions. Riley was featured in the The Legal 500’s inaugural GC Powerlist: Ireland and is a graduate of Durham University.