Equipment Leasing

Our finance equipment and leasing team understands how to provide efficient and effective representation for middle market and large institutional lenders in the equipment finance market and is intimately involved in all structural aspects of our clients’ business. 

We work hand-in-hand with the firm’s Tax Group to structure deals providing maximum benefits to both our clients and their end users. Lessors, lessees and lenders trust our team to represent them in leases, finance leases, synthetic leasing arrangements and structured leasing transactions. We have extensive experience in documentation and closing and handle all aspects of an equipment deal from pre-proposal to post-closing issues. Our national platform allows us to perform due diligence on large transactions at competitive rates as well as conduct and close transactions seamlessly across offices. Clients include companies in a diverse group of industries requiring equipment finance and leasing support, including:

• Automobiles
• Aviation
• Computers
• Manufacturing equipment
• Office equipment
• Telecommunications

• Represented the lease finance arm of a large Japanese financial services company as lessor in small- and medium-ticket equipment lease transactions.
• Represented a federal bank in the first prefunded export credit agency-backed capital markets transaction of secured notes valued at $299.2 million secured by two prefunded B767-316ER aircraft and two refinanced B767-316ER aircraft for LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (2012 AirFinance Journal Export Credit Agency Deal of the Year).
• Represented an equipment lessor in the financing of one Gulfstream G450 to Verizon Wireless.
• Represented an equipment lessor in connection with a multitranche $150 million leasing facility of computer hardware to a technology concern.
• Represented a professional sports team equity owner as lessee in an equipment lease transaction relating to LED, broadcast, audio equipment and marquees.
• Represented an equipment lessor in acquisitions of equipment leases and other equipment finance agreements from other equipment leasing/finance companies.
• Represented an aircraft lessor in the financing of one Sikorsky S-76D helicopter to a Mexican oil company.
• Represented a Fortune 50 company in a leasing program that is compliant under Ex-Im Bank forms and rules.
• Represented an aircraft financing company in the bridge financing of four 787-8 aircraft to Air India Limited (including the first 787 manufactured at Boeing’s Charleston, SC facility).
• Represented a large financial services company as placement agent and initial purchaser of approximately $188 million in Series 2012-A Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E-1 variable rate equipment contract notes. This was a revolving deal with variable funding notes.
• Represented underwriters, including two large national banks, in the private placement of a securitization backed by equipment leases.
• Represented an equipment financing company in connection with a revolving senior credit facility secured by equipment leases and other equipment finance agreements.
• Represented the agent in a $100 million senior secured multidraw term loan facility to finance a leading specialty financial services firm’s portfolio of loans secured by skilled nursing facilities.
• Represented the agent in a syndicated $50 million senior secured loan facility to finance a specialty financial service firm’s portfolio of consumer debt consolidation loans and other unsecured consumer loans.
• Represented the agent in a $75 million senior secured revolving credit facility to finance the acquisition and servicing of distressed commercial real estate receivables.
• Represented the agent in a $34 million senior secured term loan facility to finance the ongoing servicing of a portfolio of distressed commercial real estate receivables.
• Represented the agent in a $40 million senior secured revolving loan facility to finance the ongoing servicing of a portfolio of distressed commercial real estate receivables.
• Represented the agent in a $22 million senior secured term loan facility to finance the acquisition and ongoing servicing of distressed commercial real estate receivables.
• Represented the agent in a $40 million senior secured term loan facility to finance consumer motorcycle lease receivables.
• Represented the agent in $575 million asset-based senior secured term and revolving facilities that are widely syndicated, including representation in incremental facility increases to an international specialty finance company with operations in eight countries that provides consumer financial solutions.
• Represented the co-agent in a $75 million senior secured term loan and delayed draw credit facility to a provider of rent-to-own financing of consumer goods.
• Represented the agent in a $10 million subordinated secured credit facility to a provider of medical lien funding services to health care facilities, medical providers and attorneys.
• Represented the agent in a $35 million senior secured term loan facility to finance equipment lease receivables.