The Maples Group has been at the forefront of the largest and most cutting-edge debt restructurings in the aviation market in recent years.
We advise on British Virgin Islands (“BVI”), Cayman Islands and Irish law, offering advice to our clients from our global network ensuring we are available across all key time zones when needed.
We can assist at every stage of a debt or liquidity crunch from consensual new money deals and work outs, court based debt restructurings to contentious restructuring and insolvency proceedings.
We provide a truly international perspective alongside in-depth local expertise. We advise clients on multi-jurisdictional transactions, working in coordination with overseas counsel in the world’s leading financial centres and, where necessary, facilitate cooperation between the relevant courts and stakeholders.
In the BVI, we have been at the forefront of all recent developments in relation to the use of BVI proceedings to effect or support a debt restructuring process.
In the Cayman Islands, we have been involved in almost all of the recent high profile and high value cases in the aviation market. In particular, consensual new money deals and helping clients navigate the Cayman Islands aspects of US Chapter 11 and other international restructuring proceedings. We are the market leader in promoting the innovative use of Cayman Islands schemes of arrangements in a cross-border context to meet the needs of our clients in a cost effective and efficient manner.
With respect to Irish-centred aviation restructurings, we also have the scale and sophistication to advise on the largest restructuring transactions involving Irish-headquartered multinationals and Irish corporates. We have been involved in a number of key cases before the Irish courts including recent airline examinerships.
