The world's leading financial institutions, arrangers, airlines and shipping companies regularly instruct us in relation to asset finance transactions. We establish and advise on both on and off-balance sheet vehicles which utilise British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Irish or Jersey companies or trusts. These transactions include the sale and purchase of aircraft, ships, rolling stock, telecommunications systems and other 'big ticket' items. We also advise regularly in relation to the acquisition of all types of equipment through secured loan financing and finance leasing, the sale and acquisition of lease portfolios and the transfer of leasing assets as well as ship and yacht and aircraft registration.
Typically such offshore asset financing structures are driven by onshore tax and securities law considerations. We have a dedicated team of experienced asset finance lawyers drawn mainly from the leading firms in the City of London who have experience in complex asset finance matters. Clients benefit from the recent experience that members of the team have had in structuring transactions from an onshore perspective as well as benefiting from our extensive experience of relevant British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Irish or Jersey legal issues. Detailed knowledge of the different structures in this market also leads to an efficient and cost-effective turn-around of transactional documentation.