Dean N. Gerber

Shareholder

T: 312-609-7638 F: 312-609-5005

Chicago

Chair, Equipment Finance Practice Group

Dean N. Gerber is a shareholder at Vedder Price P.C. and chair of the Equipment Finance Group. He has extensive experience as special counsel representing lessees, equity participants, lenders, credit enhancers, underwriters, governmental agencies and others on various aspects of aircraft finance, rail finance and other general equipment finance, including leveraged leasing, operating leasing, mortgage and synthetic lease financings, cross-border leasing, securitizations (including “EETCs” and pass-through certificates), government (export credit agency) supported financings, manufacturer supported financings, bankruptcy, restructurings and workouts, and purchase, maintenance and conversion agreements. Mr. Gerber has specific knowledge of structured tax-motivated financings such as U.S. leveraged leases. He also has participated significantly in the development and structuring of “double-dip” financings involving a number of different jurisdictions.

Mr. Gerber, also a certified public accountant, is a frequent speaker at air finance conferences and legal forums. He has authored numerous articles on aircraft finance-related topics and, most recently, a chapter on the topic of aircraft finance appearing in Equipment Leasing—Leveraged Leasing, 4th Edition (Rev. 2007), published by the Practising Law Institute. Mr. Gerber is regularly named one of the top aviation lawyers in the world by Euromoney Publications and was named “Best of the Best” in the aviation lawyer category in 2007 (also by Euromoney Publications ). In 2007, he was named as one of the most highly regarded aviation lawyers in the world by the International Bar Association’s The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. Mr. Gerber was selected by his peers as one of the The Best Lawyers in America for the 2008 edition.

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• Six EFG Shareholders Named in International Who’s Who of Aviation Lawyers 2008
• Global Aviation Expert Joins Vedder Price
• EFG Ranked Highly in Chambers Global 2008
• Four Vedder Price EFG Attorneys Named "Best of the Best"

• Aircraft Finance
• Asset Securitization
• Business Aviation Services
• Cross-Border & Municipal Transactions
• Equipment Finance Group
• Operating Leases
• Railcar Finance
• Taxation

• Ranked as one of the most highly regarded aviation lawyers
  in the world by the
  International Bar Association's The International Who's Who
  of Business Lawyers , 2005.
  See:  Who'sWhoLegal
• Ranked "Best of the Best" Aviation Attorneys in the
  World by Euromoney Publications, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
  See:  Expert Guides

• J.D., cum laude, University of Illinois, 1985
• B.S., magna cum laude, University of Delaware, 1982

• Illinois, 1985