Ainsley Ierland
Ainsley is a partner in our London office whose practice focusses on aviation finance and leasing.
She advises global investment management firms, alternative investment firms, asset management companies, leasing companies, banks and airlines across the full spectrum of aviation matters including high profile debt and capital market transactions and large portfolio transactions (both loan and metal) and the related financings of such portfolio transactions.
Experience Highlights
A global investment management firm on all aspects of its set up and launch of an institutional financing platform offering innovative capital solutions to the global commercial aerospace industry and that same financing platform on all of its aircraft and engine debt financings to sponsors and lessors
The issuer on an aviation loan asset-backed securitization (ABS); the $324.3 million ABS is backed by a static pool of loan facilities secured by 19 narrowbody aircraft, 3 widebody aircraft and 4 narrowbody host aircraft engines on lease to 12 lessees located in 11 jurisdictions (Structured Finance Deal of the Year, Airline Economics, 2024)
Falko Regional Aircraft Limited on its US$388.2 million term loan financing in respect of up to 41 aircraft on lease to eleven lessees
The issuer on an aircraft loan securitization, ‘SALT 2021-t SALT 2021-1 Trust issued a total of $893.47 million of notes backed by loans secured by 156 aircraft operated by 45 airline operators located in 29 jurisdictions (Americas Capital Markets Deal of the Year, Airline Economics, 2022)
An alternative investment firm and an investment management and advisory firm on the formation of a JV aviation platform and the acquisition of a $1.1 billion performing aircraft loan portfolio from National Australia Bank; the portfolio comprised of 27 loan facilities secured by 159 aircraft, with a collateral valuation of $1.4 billion (Asia-Pacific M&A Deal of the Year, Airline Economics, 2022)
Credentials
- LLB (Hons), University of Exeter
- Post Graduate Diploma, The University of Law (incorporating the College of Law), Moorgate, London
- England and Wales