
Transportation Finance
Our Transportation Finance lawyers help satisfy the capital needs for the transportation industry globally, focusing on finance and leasing transactions for the aviation, maritime, and rail sectors.
We work closely with our counterparts in our cross-disciplinary aviation and maritime industry practice groups, and also partner with lawyers in other finance-related practices such as corporate, acquisition and asset-based finance, project finance, restructuring and insolvency, and securitization.
As part of a fully integrated network of law offices and law partners, we draw regularly upon the comprehensive resources of the firm to address the full scope of related regulatory, legal, and other issues that arise in complex multi-jurisdiction finance, leasing, and restructuring transactions for the aviation, maritime, and rail sectors.
Chambers and Partners
Ranked by Chambers Germany for Transportation: Rail & Aviation Asset Finance, 2025
Ranked by Chambers Germany for Transportation: Rail & Aviation Asset Finance, 2024 *Formerly Europe Guide through 2024
Legal 500
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Transport Finance and Leasing in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Transport Finance and Leasing in London, 2024
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