Winston & Strawn LLP
The departure in July 2023 of former team head Mark Moody and a number of associates to White & Case LLP has dented Winston & Strawn LLP's credentials in the aviation finance field. Associate Eliana Torrado Franco remains; she has a considerable amount of cross-border financing and leasing expertise.
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Work highlights
- Represented the European Export Credit Agencies on the long-term restructuring of the financing of their entire fleet of aircraft with LATAM Airlines Group S.A.
- Represented CIAF Leasing on the financing and leasing of three Embraer E190-00-LR aircraft, leased to EgyptAir and subleased to Air Cairo.
- Represented Aviation Capital Group, as servicer of the MACH 1 securitisation portfolio – a high complex asset-backed securitisation financing structure involving numerous aircraft, in connection with an engine exchange transaction with Rolls-Royce & Partners Financing involving several aircraft engines.