Aircraft Finance

Vedder Price aircraft attorneys are recognized leaders in the aircraft finance field, regularly speaking at industry seminars and authoring articles published in treatises and trade journals.  Their prominence in the area has enabled Vedder Price attorneys to develop valuable relationships with a wide variety of industry participants.  In 2000, 2001 and 2002, Euromoney Publications ranked Vedder Price as one of the top aviation law firms in the world based upon the number of Vedder Price attorneys included in its Guide to World's Leading Aviation Lawyers.  In 2003, Aircraft Economics ranked Vedder Price the second best aviation finance firm worldwide (tied with three other firms).

Representative Transactions include:

• Aircraft counsel in ongoing bankruptcy of major U.S. airline 
• $2.3 Billion ECA-supported financing for middle eastern airline.
• $345 Million ECA-supported Indian rupee financing for Indian airline.
• Representation of lender in $112 Million commercial paper facility for U.S. regional airline.
• Representation of lenders in $160 Million acquisition financing and ETI lease of 747 freighter for European cargo airline.
• Representation of issuer in $1.5 Billion EETC public offering.
• Representation of lessee in $115 Million U.S. leveraged ETI lease.
• Representation of lessor in $180 Million single-investor lease of regional jets for U.S. regional airline.
• Representation of lessor in $155 Million French leveraged lease for U.S. cargo airline.
• Representation of agent in $72 Million commercial paper facility for U.S. airlines.
• Representation of lender in $500 Million warehouse facility for U.S. aircraft lessor.
• Representation of lenders in $330 Million deferred delivery facility for 19 aircraft for U.S. airline.
• Representation of lenders in $400 Million U.S. leveraged leases of four 747 freighters for U.S. cargo airline.
• Representation of lessor in $100 Million  lease restructuring and unwind of ECA financing for Turkish airline.
• Representation of lender in $340 Million acquisition/pre-delivery progress payment warehouse facility for U.S. aircraft lessor.
• Representation of lessee in obtaining over $650 Million in fleetwide operating lease concessions in conjunction with successful ATSB-guaranteed loan application.
• Representation of lender in $115 Million engine and parts warehouse facility for U.S. engine lessor.
• Representation of lessor and lenders in $650 Million loan restructuring and operating leases for European airline and subsequent operating leases to South American airline.
• Representation of lessor in $190 Million leveraged lease of ten aircraft for U.S. regional airline.
• Representation of aircraft creditors in $200 Million restructuring of U.S. airline.
• Special leasing counsel to bankruptcy trustee in bankruptcy of Canadian charter airline.

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• Global Aviation Expert Joins Vedder Price
• Vedder Price Attorneys Achieve Major Victory Against FAA in US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
• Four Vedder Price EFG Attorneys Named "Best of the Best"
• Shipment of Hazardous Materials by Air and FAA Civil Penalty Enforcement Process
• Business Aircraft Operations and Regulatory Concerns
• Equipment Finance Shareholder, Jay Zwerling, Joins New York Office
• Aviation Attorney, David Hernandez, Joins DC Office
• John Bycraft Joins Equipment Finance Group
• Vedder Price Opens Washington Office; Expands Equipment Finance Practice
• Aircraft Finance-related Provisions of the Bankruptcy Code

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