Hogan Lovells International LLP

Deploying a very collaborative approach which leans into the firm’s international network of offices as well as its broader finance competence, in particular, Hogan Lovells International LLP‘s small partner-led team is well-positioned to advise financial institutions, operators and lessors across a range of complex cross-border aviation finance and leasing transactions. Team head Robert Fugard  has vast experience in the sector and has, over his many years of fee-earning experience, developed deep knowledge of a variety of debt products which has been beneficial to clients, both on new money deals as well as in a restructuring setting. As well as handling a myriad of financing matters for airlines, Richard Goss has also been very close to a number of lessors, assisting them on everything from new money financings and as creditors on airline restructurings, through to broader transactional work including establishing new leasing platforms and portfolio trading. Outside of the aviation sector, Shalini Bhuchar handles some shipping work for funders and borrowers, as it relates to both commercial vessels and superyachts.