Milbank LLP Transportation and Space partners Drew Fine and Alexandra Johnson will moderate and speak at Airline Economics’ Growth Frontiers Americas conference in New York, taking place October 15-16, 2025.
On October 15, Mr. Fine will moderate the “Alternative Investors & Lenders Panel” with panelists Pooja Gardemal (BK Associates), Marc Cho (HALO AirFinance), Axel Hammar (AirFinance) and Dave Brown (Oaktree Capital). Mr. Fine will also moderate the “Manufacturer Panel” with panelists Richard Owen Walker (Airbus), Chris Jones (ATR), Daniel Galhardo Gomes (Embraer) and Mike Warner (Boeing).
On October 16, Ms. Johnson will be speaking on the “Aviation Private Placements” panel alongside Michael Dickson (Citi), Jocelyn Noel (Airborne Capital) and George Stone (Barings).
Mr. Fine, Chair of Milbank's Transportation and Space Group, has extensive experience in a range of international financial and corporate transactions, including public offerings and private placement of securities (equipment notes, enhanced equipment trust certificates (EETCs), 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, including ABS and portfolio securitizations across asset classes, corporate platform formations with dynamic capital structures, CLOs, acquisition financing, mergers and acquisitions, secured lending and restructuring. Her practice includes specialization in transportation and equipment assets, esoteric assets, digital infrastructure and space assets in the capital markets, the bank markets and the alternative lending markets.
A team of Milbank Transportation and Space partners, counsel and associates from the firm’s New York and London offices will be in attendance. The conference is hosted by Airline Economics magazine, the aviation sector’s preeminent finance and leasing global publication for airlines, lessors, investors, banks, law firms and MROs.
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October 14, 2025
