The Legal 500 has recognised the wide spread of legal service and talent servicing the asset finance and leasing markets in Europe.
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The legal listing put the leading individuals for asset finance as;
- David Baker – Ince & Co
- Justin Benson – White & Case LLP
- James Cameron – Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
- William Glaister – Clifford Chance
- Simon Gwynne – Hogan Lovells International LLP
- Mario Jacovides – Allen & Overy LLP
- Greg Kahn – Dentons
- Rory MacCarthy – Addleshaw Goddard LLP
- Robert Murphy – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
- Mark Russell – Stephenson Harwood
- David Smith – Allen & Overy LLP
- Harry Theochari – Norton Rose Fulbright
- Nigel Thomas – Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Firms
Among the plaudits were the Allen & Overy team, viewed as a "practical and business-minded’ seven-partner team…"who provided "excellent market knowledge across the spectrum of asset financing", while at Norton Rose Fulbright "…Harry Theochari heads the firm’s global transportation practice, which is able to provide ‘excellent and in-depth teams’ out of London, with significant support from US, Asia and Europe.
Leasing Life contributors Stephenson Harwood were said to remain "particularly strong on the shipping finance side", where the editors recognised its work for Deutsche Bank on the $253m syndicated facility made available to Genco Shipping & Trading in connection with its Chapter 11 procedure.
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By GlobalDataAt Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, team head Russell Clifford ‘provides encyclopaedic knowledge of rail finance’ according to the book, while at Addleshaw Goddard aviation expert Rory MacCarthy "handles a significant amount of financing work as part of his practice", including "the sale and leaseback of four new Airbus A320 Aircraft with Itochu Corporation".
5-year-old REN Legal, whose partner Adam Longney most recently contributed to the September issue of Leasing Life, provides a "superb, client-focused and high-value service’ to a range of banks, funds, lessors and airlines. The "highly commercial and user-friendly’ Christopher Jackson is ‘excellent at aircraft engine leasing transactions’, and is the primary contact, along with the ‘highly technical’ Norman Fraser."
