Sarah Humpleby

Partner

Cayman Islands

T +1 345 814 6843

M +1 345 936 6843

E sarah.humpleby@walkersglobal.com

Practice Areas

Sarah Humpleby is a partner in the Finance and Corporate Group at Walkers in the Cayman Islands. She specialises in all aspects of asset finance with a particular focus on aviation.

Sarah has extensive experience in aircraft and ship financing transactions for a full range of clients across the industry, including major operating lessors, aircraft/ship owners, financiers, airlines and operators. She works closely with leading on-shore law firms advising on a variety of transactions including securitisations and ABS transactions, establishment of joint venture vehicles, PDP and delivery financing and leasing for both private and commercial aircraft, commercial vessel and yacht acquisitions and financings, export credit supported financing, sale and leaseback transactions, loyalty programme financings, EETCs and distressed matters including repossessions, restructurings and transitional aircraft registrations.

Prior Employment Experience

Prior to joining Walkers, Sarah was Counsel in the Asset Finance Group of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's London office having joined with five other lawyers from DLA Piper in 2014.

Sarah trained at a City law firm in London and qualified as a general finance lawyer working on a range of transactions including asset finance, M&A financing and restructuring and project finance. She has also worked in the Middle East and spent time in the structured finance legal team during a secondment to a major international bank in London.

Admitted in & Qualifications

Admitted In:
Cayman Islands

Qualifications:
LLB (Hons) in Law, Durham University, UK

Other Distinctions

2023 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star Partner

2023 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets - "Sarah Humpleby is very responsive, calm and commercial in her approach. Provides solutions that we did not think of to make a corporate approval process more efficient."

2022 Legal 500 - Rising Star - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

2021 Legal 500 - Rising Star - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

2019 Euromoney Expert Guides - Aviation - Rising Star

2016 Euromoney Expert Guides - Aviation - Rising Star

2013 AirFinance Journal - Legal Rising Star

News, Matters and Publications

ARTICLES

Aviation Finance & Leasing Review 2023/24: Aviation in the Cayman Islands - The Sky’s the Limit - In the Aviation Finance & Leasing Review 2023/24 for the Cayman Islands, our aviation experts h...
Chambers Global Aviation Finance & Leasing Guide 2023: Cayman Islands - In the 2023 Chambers and Partners Global Aviation Finance & Leasing Guide for the Cayman Islands, ou...
Chambers Global Aviation Finance & Leasing Guide 2022: Cayman Islands - In the 2022 Chambers and Partners Global Aviation Finance & Leasing Guide for the Cayman Islands, ou...
Chambers Global Aviation Finance & Leasing Guide 2022 - Walkers is delighted to have provided the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Ireland chapters as part of t...
Key Themes from the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2022 Conference - Key members from Walkers' Global offices across the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Ireland were deligh...

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NEWS

Walkers proudly sponsoring Airlines Economics' 2023/2024 Growth Frontiers Series - "Making financial services work. Navigating the Growth Frontiers of the Aviation Industry"...
Walkers ranked Top 10 law firm for aviation finance for second year running - Walkers has retained its Top 10 place in the annual Airfinance Journal Legal Survey of law firms in ...
Walkers advises on ground-breaking Azul loyalty financing - Walkers, the international financial services firm, has advised on a unique financing transaction fo...
Walkers asset finance team recognised in seven major awards at Airline Economics event in Dublin - Walkers' Global Asset Finance Group has worked on seven major deals that have won their categories i...
Walkers Leads Legal 500 2023 Offshore Lawyer Rankings - Walkers is proud to receive 44 individual lawyer rankings in the 2023 Legal 500 Caribbean directory ...

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EVENTS

Airline Economics Asset Trading Convention Miami - Walkers is pleased to be attending the upcoming Airline Economics Asset Trading Convention on M...
Walkers Cayman & Ireland to Attend Airline Economics Growth Frontiers New York 2022 - Walkers is delighted that members of its Cayman Islands and Ireland Aviation Finance teams are atten...
Sarah Humpleby to Speak at Ishka Aviation Investival: North America 2022 - Walkers is delighted to be a sponsor of the Ishka Aviation Investival: North America 2022 on 25...
Investor Protections and the Future of the EETC Market - Join Walkers' Asset Finance senior counsel Sarah Humpleby at the Ishka+ Aviation Investial: North Am...
Investing in Aviation Webinar Series: EETCs During Covid (with Clifford Chance) - Join Sarah Humpleby, Senior Counsel in Walkers' Global Finance & Corporate Group, and Emily Wicker, ...

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ADVISORY

Investing in Aviation: Private Placement Please? - This article was originally published in Airline Economics Finance and Leasing Guide January 2023.&n...
The Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Aviation Sector - The Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Aviation SectorChallenges face the aviation industry but...
Walkers & CAACI Webinar: Discussion on the Cayman Islands Transitional Aircraft Register - Walkers and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands ("CAACI") recently discussed the chal...
ABS Market Flying High - The number of lessors accessing the aircraft ABS market and the issuance of aircraft ABS has surged ...

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