Milbank LLP Transportation and Space partners Drew Fine and Alexandra Johnson will moderate and speak at Airline Economics’ Growth Frontiers Americas New York conference, taking place October 21–22, 2026.
Mr. Fine will be moderating the “Alternative Investors & Lenders Panel” on October 21 with Edward Coughlan (Sirius Aviation Capital), Marc Cho (GA Telesis), Jack Dwan (AV AirFinance), Pooja Gardemal (BK Associates), Tom Lynch (Clahane Capital) and Marjan Riggi (Stage Wing Inc.).
Ms. Johnson will be speaking on the “Aviation Private Placements” panel on October 22 with Michael Dickson (Citigroup), Hari Raghavan (Airborne Capital), moderator Marjan Riggi (Stage Wing Inc.) and George Stone (Barings).
Mr. Fine, Chair of the firm’s Transportation and Space Group, has extensive experience in a broad range of international financial and corporate transactions, including public offerings and private placement of securities (equipment notes, enhanced equipment trust certificates, ABS), acquisitions, loyalty financings, leveraged leasing, secured and unsecured lending, cross-border financings, structured financings, restructurings, workouts and credit enhancements.
Ms. Johnson, Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Transportation and Space Group, focuses on structured finance transactions, international transactions and corporate transactions. Named “Structured Finance & Securitization Lawyer of the Year” (North America) 2026 and “Aviation Lawyer of the Year” 2025 by Euromoney, Ms. Johnson is highly experienced with ABS and portfolio securitizations across multiple asset classes, corporate platform formations with dynamic capital structures, CLOs, acquisition financing, mergers and acquisitions and secured lending and restructuring, as well as capital markets and alternative lending.
The two-day conference is hosted by Airline Economics magazine, the aviation sector’s highly regarded finance and leasing global publication for airlines, lessors, investors, banks, law firms and MROs. Click here to learn more about Airline Economics’ New York conference.
