Brendan McCarthy
Partner
London
Brendan McCarthy
Partner
London
Contact Details
Brendan’s practice covers all aspects of asset finance with a particular focus on aviation finance. He acts for airlines, ECAs, financial institutions and lessors across a wide range of debt financing, leasing, portfolio sales and acquisition, sale and leaseback, securitisation, ECA backed, and restructuring transactions.
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
BA (Mod), History and, Ancient History & Archaeology, Trinity College Dublin, 2007
Post Graduate Diploma, Law, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2008
Professional Practice Course, Law Society of Ireland, 2012
Related articles
Publications: 13 April 2018
"As is where is" revisited – allocating risk through the acceptance certificate
(Aquila WSA Aviation Opportunities II Ltd v Onur Air Tasimacilik As [2018] EWHC 519 (Comm)).
Experience highlights
Advising Virgin Atlantic Airways on its GBP1.2bn solvent recapitalisation using a Part 26A Restructuring Plan
Advising Avolon on the sale of a portfolio of 18 aircraft to an ABS issuer
Advising A global financial institution and a syndicate of lenders on the USD400m warehouse financing of 50 Embraer, ATR and Bombardier aircraft for Nordic Aviation Capital
Advising Bpifrance on the ECA supported financing for various financial institutions on the financing of 15 Airbus A380 aircraft for Emirates
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
BA (Mod), History and, Ancient History & Archaeology, Trinity College Dublin, 2007
Post Graduate Diploma, Law, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2008
Professional Practice Course, Law Society of Ireland, 2012
Other noteworthy experience
Advising:
- A financial institution on the lease financing of next generation high-performance computers for a European weather forecaster
- CACIB in relation to a USD400m secured facility in respect of a ship scrubber acquisition and installation programme
- Air Astana on various sale and leaseback and new operating lease transactions to support its fleet renewal and expansion
- Falko Regional Aircraft on its $255m inaugural ABS transaction involving a portfolio of 39 regional jet and turboprop aircraft
Pro bono
- Working with Coram Children’s Legal Centre on a project to assist children registering for British citizenship in London
