About

With a portfolio of aircraft valued at over $4.5bn, Goshawk is a world-class specialist in aircraft leasing based in Dublin. Having gained significant in-house legal experience with regard to aircraft leasing and sale and financing transactions during a four and a half year spell at Avolon Aerospace Leasing, Peter Caley joined Goshawk in November 2015 as chief legal officer. He is considered a specialist in asset financing with a particular emphasis on aircrafts and leasing work and since joining Goshawk has demonstrated expert skills whilst handling numerous transactions for the company. For instance in July 2017, Goshawk completed the largest US Private Placement by an aircraft lessor when it completed its second issuance of unsecured notes to institutional investors in the US private placement market. The deal was launched as a $100m senior notes issuance however strong market demand resulted in a final issuance size of $566.5m. In 2017 alone, Caley has also worked on aircraft deals with some of the world’s most important airline companies such as Etihad Airways, Aeroflot, and American Airlines. Before moving in-house, Caley had a successful decade-long private practice career at law firms Reed Smith, Clyde & Co, White & Case and Denton Wilde Sapte.