With a ‘commitment to building strong client relationships’ in the aviation field, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP is ’able to tailor bespoke advice’ dependent on clients' specific needs across a wide array of financing structures, from sale and leasebacks and conventional debt financings through to tax-driven leveraged leases and export credit financings. Adrian Beasley has had wide-ranging exposure to a variety of mandates in the sector during his many years in private practice, including a considerable amount of recent work for lessors on the acquisitions and associated financings of aircraft portfolios. Mark Turnbull, who founded the UK offices with Ben Graham-Evans, is noted for his ‘commerciality and friendly manner’, and regularly advises airlines and aircraft leasing companies on all aspects of their fleet management.
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'The partners at the firm take a "hands-on" approach to all transactions whilst providing fee estimates at commercial levels.'
'They show a commitment to building strong client relationships and understanding of client business and interests to be able to tailor bespoke advice and even pre-empt our needs.'