Harriet Rugg-Easey

Primary Focus & Experience

Harriet has acted for a range of banks, lessors and export credit agencies in connection with various aircraft financings, refinancings and operating leasing transactions. Harriet has advised on various cross-border shipping and aircraft portfolio sales and transfers.

Harriet’s relevant experience includes:

• Acting for Citibank in connection with its participation in an EXIM backed loan to be advanced to KLM for the acquisition of a Boeing Model 787-10 Aircraft.
• Acting for various groups of senior noteholders in relation to the Norwegian Airlines examinership and restructuring process.
• Acting for a Lessor with nine aircraft on lease to LATAM and its affiliates during LATAM’s Chapter 11 proceedings.   
• Advising an international aircraft lessor on the acquisition, leasing and financing of four new Boeing 777 aircraft.
• Advising the Lenders and the Brazilian Government (as export credit guarantor) in the administration, repossession and remarketing of six aircraft on lease to Flybe.
• Acting for the Lenders, EXIM and AFIC consortium on the first ever combined EXIM and AFIC backed financing transaction. The financing supported the acquisition of a Gulfstream G650 aircraft for a large European conglomerate and was completed under Ex-Im’s individual delegated authority. (Completed at another law firm)
• Acting for BPI France on the financing of up to 6 Airbus A380 on lease to Emirates.  Transaction involved a commercial tranche backed by Korean investors together with the BPI backed tranche. (Completed at another law firm).
• Acting for UKEF, EXIM and NEXI on the ECA backed financing of two Boeing 787-800 to LOT Airlines. This was the first ever UKEF backed Boeing financing. (Completed at another law firm).