Milbank's Global Transportation Finance Group has been recognized worldwide as one of the premier providers of legal services to the aviation, rail and shipping industries.
- Chambers USA 2007 called us "the leading aircraft finance practice in the USA."
- We are ranked number one in "Transportation Finance: Aviation" in Chambers USA 2007.
- We are ranked number one in asset finance and leasing by the Legal 500 US.
- Five of our partners are listed in The Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Aviation Lawyers.
Our transactions are routinely recognized for their originality and importance by consistently earning "Deal of the Year" awards from industry periodicals, including:
Airfinance Journal Deal of the Year Awards 2007
- Overall Deal of the Year – Continental Airlines 2007-1 EETC. Milbank's role: counsel to Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and the other underwriters.
- Most Innovative Deal of the Year – Airspeed 2007-1 securitization. Milbank's role: counsel to The Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS Investment Bank and the other initial purchasers.
- Asia-Pacific Deal of the Year – Macquarie Group acquisition of GATX aircraft portfolio. Milbank's role: counsel to Citigroup as arranger of financing.
- Editor's Choice Award – sale of Pegasus to AWAS; financing of assets acquired from Pegasus. Milbank's role: counsel to JPMorgan Chase as arranger of financing.
Airfinance Journal Deal of the Year Awards 2006
- Overall Deal of the Year – Genesis Funding securitization and Genesis Lease initial public offering. Milbank's role: counsel to Citigroup and the other underwriters.
- Most Innovative Deal of the Year – Aircastle ACS 2006-1 securitization and initial public offering. Milbank's role: issuer's counsel on the ACS 2006-1 securitization.
- European Deal of the Year – AerCap Holdings N.V. initial public offering. Milbank's role: issuer's counsel.
We have participated in financings for companies throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Our clients represent a true cross-section of the major players in asset financings, including investment banks, manufacturers, export agencies, borrowers, lenders, lessors, lessees, equity participants, hedge funds and other investors.
Transactions typical of our practice are public and private asset-based securitizations and structured financings, acquisition and leveraged financing, cross-border and export financings, secured lending, operating and leveraged leasing, mergers and acquisitions and bankruptcy workouts and restructurings.
Milbank's approach is to deliver advice and services to our clients in a fully integrated manner – across practice groups and offices. We work together with the Firm's corporate, tax, capital markets, leveraged finance and bankruptcy attorneys to structure complex and often "first of its kind" transactions.
Our global team is comprised of leading US, English and German lawyers. In addition to our New York, Washington, DC and Los Angeles offices, we are able to serve the needs of our clients internationally through our offices located in London, Frankfurt, Munich, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing.