Maples Group Advises Windward Air Capital on New Direct Aviation Lending Platform
The Maples Group is pleased to have advised Windward Air Capital and its joint venture partner Bain Capital on the completion of two new financing facilities. The two facilities will finance narrowbody aircraft on lease to easyJet and Volaris respectively.
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Based in Dublin, Windward Air Capital is an aircraft investment platform focused on acquiring young Boeing and Airbus aircraft with long remaining leases to global airlines.
A multi-disciplinary team of lawyers and professionals based in the Maples Group’s Dublin office advised Windward Air Capital and Bain Capital on the legal aspects of the transaction and was led by Partners, Mary O’Neill, Stephen McLoughlin and Fearghal De Feu, assisted by Of Counsel Alex Walsh and Associates, Rory Beasley, Nuala Clarke and Gerard Grogan. The Group’s Fiduciary Services team, led by Jonathan Reynolds, provided corporate administration services.
Commenting on the transaction, Mary O’Neill, said: “It was a privilege to assist Windward Air Capital and its joint venture partner Bain Capital on the completion of these new financing facilities. We are delighted to continue to be selected to work on these transactions and we look forward to working with both Windward Air Capital and Bain Capital going forward”.
The Maples Group’s global Asset Finance team is comprised of lawyers and fiduciary services professionals located in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, London and Singapore. In May 2024, the team was recognised once again for its role on some of the aviation industry’s most innovative transactions at the Airline Economics Aviation 100 Awards 2024.