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Caitlín Friel

Caitlín is Of Counsel in the Walkers Asset & Aviation Finance Group. Caitlín advises banks, financial institutions, international aircraft operating lessors, aircraft owners, financial arrangers and private equity groups on asset finance transactions. Caitlín has advised on the financing and leasing of both fixed wing and rotary aircraft including government-supported financings, secured lending, cross-border and operating leases, the purchase and sales of single aircraft and multi-aircraft portfolios, workouts and restructurings, debt finance and security matters, domestic and cross-border tax-driven leasing, pre-delivery financing and sale and lease-back financing. Caitlín also has experience on a wide range of cross border banking and finance transactions, including bilateral and syndicated lending, leveraged and acquisition financings and restructurings. · Walkers

IrelandAsset Finance, Aviation FinanceEnglish

About

Caitlín Friel is Of Counsel in the Walkers Asset & Aviation Finance Group, based in Ireland. She advises banks, financial institutions, international aircraft operating lessors, aircraft owners, financial arrangers and private equity groups on asset finance transactions. She has experience advising on financing and leasing of both fixed wing and rotary aircraft, including government-supported financings, secured lending, cross-border and operating leases, purchase and sales of single and multi-aircraft portfolios, workouts and restructurings, debt finance and security matters, domestic and cross-border tax-driven leasing, pre-delivery financing, and sale and lease-back financing. She also has experience in cross border banking and finance transactions, including bilateral and syndicated lending, leveraged and acquisition financings and restructurings.

Practice areas

Asset FinanceAviation FinanceBanking and FinanceSyndicated LendingLeveraged and Acquisition FinancingsRestructuringsSecured LendingCross-Border LeasingTax-Driven Leasing

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Expertise

Asset FinanceAviation FinanceGovernment-Supported FinancingsSecured LendingCross-Border and Operating LeasesPurchase and Sales of Aircraft PortfoliosWorkouts and RestructuringsDebt Finance and SecurityCross-Border Tax-Driven LeasingPre-Delivery FinancingSale and Lease-Back FinancingBilateral and Syndicated LendingLeveraged and Acquisition Financings

Education

  • LL.B., National University of Ireland, Galway
  • B.A., National University of Ireland, Galway

Admissions

  • Ireland
  • England and Wales (not practising)

Languages

English