Matt Hedigan

Matt specialises in financing and leasing aviation assets and is a member of our Asset and Aviation Finance Practice Group. Matt advises private equity investors, operating lessors, financial institutions and airlines on tax-efficient leasing and financing structures. That includes platform establishments, warehouse financings, joint ventures and transportation business acquisitions disposals. He also specialises in advising clients on derivative and securities-lending transactions for a wide range of Irish entities using industry standard documentation like the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s master agreements and global master repurchase agreements. Matt has a strong finance background and particular expertise in cross-border debt capital markets transactions. This includes aircraft securitisations and loan portfolio financings, acquisitions and restructurings. He regularly advises on Irish and European Union financial services and securities law including: The Prospectus Directive The European Market Infrastructure Regulation The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive The Market Abuse Directive The Securitisation Regulation. · Walkers

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Matt Hedigan is a member of Walkers' Asset and Aviation Finance Practice Group in Ireland. He specializes in financing and leasing aviation assets, advising private equity investors, operating lessors, financial institutions, and airlines on tax-efficient leasing and financing structures. He also advises on derivative and securities-lending transactions and has expertise in cross-border debt capital markets transactions, including aircraft securitisations and loan portfolio financings. He regularly advises on Irish and EU financial services and securities law.

Practice areas

Asset FinanceAviation FinanceBanking & FinanceCapital MarketsDebt Capital MarketsDerivativesSecurities LendingSecuritizationFinancial Services Regulation

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Ireland

Walkers · Matt specialises in financing and leasing aviation assets and is a member of our Asset and Aviation Finance Practice Group. Matt advises private equity investors, operating lessors, financial institutions and airlines on tax-efficient leasing and financing structures. That includes platform establishments, warehouse financings, joint ventures and transportation business acquisitions disposals. He also specialises in advising clients on derivative and securities-lending transactions for a wide range of Irish entities using industry standard documentation like the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s master agreements and global master repurchase agreements. Matt has a strong finance background and particular expertise in cross-border debt capital markets transactions. This includes aircraft securitisations and loan portfolio financings, acquisitions and restructurings. He regularly advises on Irish and European Union financial services and securities law including: The Prospectus Directive The European Market Infrastructure Regulation The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive The Market Abuse Directive The Securitisation Regulation.

Ireland

Expertise

Aviation asset financing and leasingTax-efficient leasing and financing structuresPlatform establishments, warehouse financings, joint venturesTransportation business acquisitions and disposalsDerivative and securities-lending transactions (ISDA master agreements, global master repurchase agreements)Cross-border debt capital markets (aircraft securitisations, loan portfolio financings, acquisitions, restructurings)Irish and EU financial services and securities law (Prospectus Directive, EMIR, AIFMD, MiFID, Market Abuse Directive, Securitisation Regulation)

Education

LLB, Trinity College Dublin
Diploma in Applied Finance, Law Society of Ireland

Admissions

Ireland

Languages

English