Taking advantage of the firm’s global network, the transport & logistics team at Appleby is experienced in shipping and aviation matters across a number of key jurisdictions, particularly other major aircraft registration points like Bermuda, Guernsey and the Cayman islands. Eleanor Harding leads the aviation side of the practice with considerable experience in high value aircraft and shipping transactions, as well as asset finance matters. Kyle Sutherland  leads the firm’s corporate team while also handling a number of shipping matters. Alexandra Dernie leads on a number of major aviation matters, while Sophie Corkish specialises in shipping finance transactions.

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Lawyers

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Appleby
Eleanor Harding is Counsel within the Corporate department in the Isle of Man, specialising in banking and asset finance transactions, including property, aircraft and ship finance matters. She joined the firm as a trainee and after completing her two year period of articles, Eleanor qualified in February 2011 as an Isle of Man Advocate. Eleanor has particular experience in providing opinions on Isle of Man companies, dealing with cross-border security and insolvency issues and providing advice on all aspects of ship and aircraft finance and registration in the Isle of Man. Eleanor acts for many international financial institutions, law firms and corporate service providers, advising on a full range of the key and complex legal issues that affect both their own businesses and those of their clients. Eleanor assisted Andrew Webb in preparing the Isle of Man chapter for Aircraft Finance Online published by Sweet & Maxwell Limited which covers the registration of aircraft, the registration of aircraft security and the enforcement of aircraft mortgages lease registration in the Isle of Man.
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Appleby
Kyle Sutherland advises on both the laws of the BVI and Isle of Man, and specialises in a broad range of offshore corporate law in those jurisdictions, ranging from joint venture work, restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, real estate finance transactions, private placement and listing work. Kyle has been qualified for over 20 years with both onshore and offshore experience. Prior to re-joining Appleby in 2010, Kyle spent several years working in the corporate department of a leading British Virgin Islands law firm, where he was involved in a wide spectrum of cross-border transactions, and was lead lawyer on a number of high-profile deals. Kyle now heads up Appleby’s BVI (GMT) team, servicing clients with BVI legal advice in a European friendly time zone.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Kyle Sutherland, Tom Brook

Other key lawyers

Eleanor Harding, Alexandra Dernie, Sophie Corkish