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, 2026
Ranked by Chambers Germany for Transportation: Rail & Aviation Asset Finance, 2025
Legal 500
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Transport Finance and Leasing in London, 2026
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Transport Finance and Leasing in London, 2025
Thought Leadership
The year 2025 saw significant regulatory activity in the realm of digital assets. The US Congress and financial regulators took steps to create and implement a clear legal framework to facilitate financial transactions using digital assets, and they will continue to do so in 2026.
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On the morning of 21 July 2026 at a meeting of the Wall Street Tax Association, officials from the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Treasury joined in a discussion with income tax professionals about various transactions, including transactions involving exchange-traded funds, in which the government has taken an interest because the tax treatment of the transactions seems “too good to be true.”
The Washington state legislature has adjourned for 2026, and key tax changes are in store if Governor Bob Ferguson signs several tax-related bills into law, and if those tax changes then survive expected legal challenges.