Our banking and finance team acts for banks and financial
institutions, in the UK and overseas, as well as corporate clients,
on a variety of asset and lease financing transactions.
The firm's market leading reputation in the aerospace and
shipping business sectors, combined with our expertise and
experience of financing transactions, and our resources in
corporate and tax, provide us with the capabilities to advise not
just the providers, but also the users, of complicated, frequently
tax-driven asset and lease financing products and structures.
Lawyers at BLG have advised on a wide range of asset and lease
financing transactions, including:
- acting for a major institution in relation to financing for an
intermodal freight rolling stock lessor;
- acting for lenders and borrowers in relation to various
aircraft/ship finance transactions;
- the financing of the sales and purchases of individual aircraft
and ships;
- the financing (and its related tax aspects) of moveable
equipment, including railway rolling stock and airport handling
equipment; and
- the lease financing of motor vehicle fleets offered by a
financial institution to a leading commercial fleet vehicle
manufacturer.
In addition, our litigation and dispute resolution team has
extensive experience of leasing and asset finance disputes, from
small to big ticket, and concerning assets such as ships,
containers, motor vehicles, general plant and machinery, printing
presses, video and film editing suites, telecommunications
equipment and cabling, computer systems, and photocopiers and other
office equipment.
We also advise on the implications of insolvency regimes for
leasing transactions and leased asset recovery.