Overview

Ainsley is a partner in our London office whose practice focusses on aviation finance and leasing.

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Experience

  • 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

Education

  • LLB (Hons), University of Exeter
  • Post Graduate Diploma, The University of Law (incorporating the College of Law), Moorgate, London

Admissions

  • England and Wales
Insights

Articles

Structural Innovation: Master Trusts in Aircraft ABS Transactions

Overview The aviation asset-backed securitization (ABS) market continues to strengthen. Aviation ABS activity in 2025 exceeded US$10.3 billion in public …

January 15, 2026 • Demi Hueth and David Berkery outline how the aviation ABS market exceeded $10.3 billion in 2025 and introduced a key structural innovation: the master trust. This flexible structure enables issuers to finance multiple aircraft portfolios over time from a single trust, improving efficiency and lowering costs. As investor familiarity with identified and blind pools increases, master trusts are positioned for continued use in 2026 and beyond.

January 15, 2026 • 4-minute read

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