Global support on your large-scale asset finance transactions
Asset finance supports a wide range of financing needs. Leasing assets helps you efficiently manage capital expenditure, using balance sheet assets as security for borrowing is an effective way to release capital and funding lease backed receivables helps manage working capital. We understand the legal and commercial implications and can help you implement a wide range of asset financing structures.
We advise on asset finance projects in the aviation, rail and power generation industries as well as on general equipment finance and leasing, vehicle funding, receivables based transactions and the sale and purchase of lease books.
Clients turn to us for support with the buying, leasing, financing and sale of aircraft, aircraft engines, helicopters, rolling stock, rail infrastructure, plant and machinery, energy assets, vehicles, manufacturing assets, medical assets, IT assets and other specialist assets. We also assist with the sale and purchase and financing of receivables arising under equipment funding and leasing agreements and managed services contracts and are experienced in the sale and purchase of lease books. We regularly advise on block discounting and wholesale finance facilities for asset finance providers and the facility providers. Our experience also covers agency arrangements and asset remarketing arrangements.
Typical products which we advise on include operating and finance lease agreements, hire purchase and conditional sale agreements, secured loan agreements, sale and purchase agreements, remarketing agreements, vendor and introducer agreements, end of term agreements and Islamic finance products. We also have experience in export credit transactions.
Our clients include banks, leasing companies, airlines, helicopter operators, train operating companies, brokers and arrangers, OEMs, vehicle rental and contract hire businesses, funds and governments.
Whatever the product or structure, we’ll provide high quality and cost-effective support to help you manage legal requirements and budgets.
Our finance lawyers are based across Europe, Asia Pacific, the Americas and Africa. So we can advise you on local and cross-border transactions, wherever you do business.
