Cains

Steven is a Director and head of Cains' top tier Shipping and Aviation practice. He has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border asset finance, but with particular focus on business and commercial aviation, ship and super-yacht finance. He also regularly advises clients in connection with Isle of Man business jet sale and purchase, aviation regulation, insolvency and asset repossession. His clients range from financial institutions, airlines and ship owners to high-net-worth individuals. Steven is recognised by The Legal 500 as a ‘Leading Individual’ in his field and clients describe Steven as “easily the best aviation lawyer in the Isle of Man”. Steven has also presented at conferences including EBACE, the NBAA Business Aircraft Finance, Registration and Legal Conference, the Isle of Man Aviation Conference, the Corporate Jet Investor Summer School and the Google Lunar X-Prize Summit.

Mike is a Senior Consultant within our top tier Shipping and Aviation teams and has over 22 years’ experience of specialising in complex aviation and shipping transactions as well as corporate finance matters. He has particular expertise in corporate finance including both equity and debt, general corporate transactions and asset finance including ships, super-yachts and commercial aircraft. He has practiced in London, Singapore and the Isle of Man since joining Cains in 1999 and due to his in-depth industry knowledge, Mike has been involved in a number of jurisdictionally important transactions including advising the first Isle of Man companies to list in Singapore, New York and Hong Kong. Mike is instructed regularly by global financial institutions, multi-national corporations and sovereign wealth funds to assist them with high value, complex matters.