Air Arabia
- Airbus A320 purchase agreement, COVID restructuring and various disputes
ATR
- Sales and novations of used aircraft, asset management and maintenance and support agreements
AVIC
- Repossession from insolvent Cobalt in Cyprus
Avolon
- Maintenance and technical agreements - MRO GTAs
Airbus Military
- Engine industrial and procurement agreements and disputes for A400M and FSTA procurement
Azorra
- Lease to German Airways and purchase from GOAL
Falko
- STC development agreement for fire fighter derivative of BAe 146
Cargolux
- Leasing deals and returns
CCB Leasing
- Leasing and asset management deals globally
- Norwegian examinership 2020/21
- Thomas Cook insolvency and asset management 2020
DVB Aircraft Asset Management
- Many leasing and asset management deals globally including Iberia and BA for managed funds
- Asset management agreements
- Norwegian examinership 2020/21
Emirates
- 10X A380 operating leases with Investec and BBAM
- Redelivery disputes
Etihad
- Code share and maintenance agreements
GHZ
- Advising on purchase of A321 aircraft and all deals required for maintenance, ferry, conversion, financing and lease
Marshall Aerospace
- Hercules Integrated Operations Support agreements for LM C130
- Honda Jet distributor agreements
- Commercial deals and potential move to new airport
- Corporate aircraft management and deals
- National security derivative aircraft
ICBC Leasing
- Many asset management and redeployment deals including Air Madagascar, WOW and TUI
- New 4 X A320 deals with Middle Eastern Airlines
Luxaviation
LOT Polish Airlines
- Standard Chartered operating leases
- MAX grounding and commercial deals with Boeing
- Redelivery disputes
Montrose
- Purchase agreement for new Viking Twin otter
- Lease financing, commercial work and disputes for large number of Twin Otter, Cessna Caravan, Q400 and ATR aircraft
- Portfolio financing of global fleet with fund and restructuring
MTU
- Advising on complex leasing, sanctions and insurance issues for repossession of engines stuck in Russia
NAC
Northrop Grumman
- National security derivative aircraft
Seraph
- 2 X A320 leases with Pakistan International
- Repossession from Jet India
Smartwings
- Disputes with CFM - performance failure of CFM LEAP 1B on MAX
- MAX grounding dispute with Boeing and impact
- Restructure all leases through insolvency process during COVID crisis
Virgin Atlantic
- Purchase agreement for Boeing 787 and all operating leases
- Disputes
- Delivery of A330 family aircraft
- A330-200 operating leases (ex-Berlin) following AOG caused by Trent 1000
- Maintenance agreements
- Charter and many commercial agreements
Willis Lease
- Purchase of Olympic ATR fleet
- VAT advice, MRO GTAs, lease advice and repossessions from Flybe
BAe Regional Aircraft: Asset Management Organisation (AMO) Hatfield
- New standard form lease and MRO GTA
- Global deals to get the fleet flying
Oasis Leasing 1998 – based in Abu Dhabi
- Purchase of 6 X A320 from Gulf Air
- Attempted purchase of AWAS
Airbus Asset Management – Toulouse
- Asset Management Change Programme
- Global asset management and leasing
- Khalifa and Aerolines Argentina deals
BAE Customer Solutions & Support – Farnborough
- Commercial Director of Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (“FSTA”) project for BAE and Boeing
- Military Flying Training System (“MFTS”)
1992 to 1995 Richards Butler, Hong Kong
- New Airbus and Boeing deliveries to China Southern and China South West for global banks
- All operating leases and commercial agreements for AHK Air Hong Kong Limited (freighter operator)
- Sale of AHK Air Hong Kong Limited to Swire Group/Cathay Pacific
1989 to 1991 McCann FitzGerald/Guinness Peat Aviation
- Financing all aircraft globally in GPA Revolving Credit Facility
- First aircraft securitization in Sweden (Solitaire) and sales with novation by GPA Capital
- My first business travel to negotiate Dash 8 leases for GPA Jetprop with Air Alliance in Toronto
- Summers in Shannon!
1987 to 1991: Beaumont & Son, London (trainee)
- Air 2000: operating leases with BOTH leasing companies: GPA and ILFC
- My first solo lease negotiation for Thai International
