McGuireWoods LLP

McGuireWoods LLP‘s aviation group has a strong market reputation for its assistance with corporate aircraft-related financing, leasing, purchases and sales. The group is also consistently mandated to act on the acquisition, disposition and management of commercial aircraft portfolios. It additionally advises major public companies on their company-owned aircraft fleets. Also of note, the team routinely structures the ownership, acquisition, leasing, sale and financing of fractional interests in aircraft. In Charlotte, Patricia Hosmer represents borrowers, lenders, lessors, lessees, equity participants and agents in aircraft financings; and M&A and corporate transactions expert David Whelpley Jr. likewise has notable aircraft sector experience. Also integral to the department are New York-based Deepak Reddy, an adviser to airlines, aircraft leasing companies, financial institutions and investment funds on commercial aircraft-related M&A, financing, restructuring and leasing deals; and Peter Szurley in San Francisco, whose wide-ranging practice encompasses aircraft finance and sales.