Aviation Finance and Leasing 2025

IRELAND

United Kingdom

Republic of Ireland

Dublin

Trends and Developments Contributed by: Maria McElhinney and Alice Boland A&L Goodbody LLP

A&L Goodbody LLP is one of the leading corporate law firms in Ireland. Its aviation and transport finance team is led by partners Marie O’Brien, Séamus Ó Cróinín, Maria McElhinney and Keith Mulhern. Col - lectively the team has unparalleled experience when advising on financing structures, including signifi - cant experience in the establishment of new aircraft leasing and financing platforms, joint ventures and sidecars, mergers and acquisitions, asset-backed securitisations, aircraft CLOs, aircraft portfolio sales,

acquisitions and financings, aircraft leasing transac - tions and high-profile restructurings. It works closely with clients in the USA, Asia, the Middle East and Eu - rope to start or expand their business through a pres - ence in Ireland, helping them navigate the legal, tax and regulatory environment in Ireland. As one of the largest aviation teams in Ireland, it has the experience to advise on the largest and most complex transac - tions with a focus on delivering client-first, solution- based Irish legal advice.

Authors

Maria McElhinney is a partner with the aviation & transport finance group at A&L Goodbody LLP. She has extensive experience in a wide variety of international financing and corporate transactions, particularly

Alice Boland is an associate in the aviation & transport finance team at A&L Goodbody LLP. She has acted for many of the world’s leading financial instructions, leasing companies and private investors in

involving aviation assets. She has advised many of the world’s leading financial institutions, aircraft leasing organisations and private investors on transactions involving the financing, acquisition and securitisation of aviation assets. She has also acted on a variety of aviation financing and leasing structures including operating and finance leases, sale and leasebacks, debt finance, capital markets issuances, pre-delivery payment financing, Islamic financing, joint ventures/sidecars, export credit agency supported financing and AFIC/Balthazar supported financing.

connection with a broad range of aircraft financing, refinancings, acquisitions and leasing transactions.

A&L Goodbody LLP 25 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, D01 H104 Ireland Tel: +353 1649 2000 Email: mmcelhinney@algoodbody.com Web: www.algoodbody.com/

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