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Vinson & Elkins released its latest industry report, Aviation Finance: The Outlook for Business in 2025, offering a forward-looking analysis of the aviation finance industry and the prospects for market participants in the year ahead.

Vinson & Elkins advised Southwest Airlines Co. in connection with a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply agreement with Valero Marketing and Supply Company (Valero), a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO), to bring SAF to Chicago Midway International Airport in the state’s largest announced SAF supply agreement.

Vinson & Elkins announced today the opening of its office in Dublin’s city centre. This expansion further strengthens the firm’s global presence and enhances its ability to serve clients in the aviation sector.

Vinson & Elkins advised Southwest Airlines Co. in a $30 million investment in LanzaJet, Inc., a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology provider and producer with a patented ethanol-to-SAF technology.

Vinson & Elkins announced today that it has expanded its global Finance practice group with the addition of partners David Berkery and Niels Jensen, who between them have advised many of the world’s leading financial institutions, investment banks, airlines, aircraft leasing companies and private investors on all aspects of the acquisition, leasing, financing and trading of aircraft. Joining them is a team of associates, including Demetria Hueth and Coral O’Connor, both from Milbank in New York. The group will be located in the firm’s New York office.