Prior to joining Walkers David worked in the structured and asset finance department of Freshfields and during his time there he was seconded to Airbus and Avolon Aerospace. Prior to joining Freshfields he worked with RBS Aviation Capital as a commercial negotiator.

Admitted In:
England and Wales (not practising)
Ireland

Qualifications:
Bachelor of Business and Law (BBL), University College Dublin
Masters in Commercial Law (LLM), University College Dublin
Barrister-at-Law (BL), King's Inns

2021 Chambers Europe Guide - Band 3 (Asset Finance) 

2021 Chambers Global Guide - Band 3 (Banking & Finance: Asset Finance) - Interviewees see David McGovern as "a very experienced aviation finance lawyer with good commercial sense." He handles a wide variety of topics, including aircraft portfolio acquisitions and sale and leaseback transactions

2020 Legal 500 - Leading Individual and Recommended Lawyer (Asset Finance) - "David McGovern and his team are very responsive and friendly (also when sitting across the table), but at the same time to the point."        

2020 Chambers Europe Guide - Band 3 - David has a "deep knowledge of the subject matter," and the team "pays attention to detail and is a strong advocate for the client." 

2020 Chambers Global Guide - Band 3 (Banking & Finance: Asset Finance)

2020 IFLR 1000 - Leading Lawyer and Highly Regarded

2019 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer (Asset Finance) - David 'makes clients feel like they are his only customer'

2019 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner (Banking & Finance: Asset Finance) - "very commercial" . One client attests that "he gives us a lot of time and energy and never lets us down."

2019 IFLR 1000- Rising Star

2018 Chambers Global & Europe Guide - (Banking & Finance: Asset Finance) A Notable Practitioner. "A strong lawyer who is very commercial and gives sound advice."

2018 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2017 Euromoney - Rising Star

2017 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2015 Legal 500 - "Walkers Ireland is ‘right up there with the best for aviation finance’.

2014 Legal 500 - "The ‘exceptional’ Walkers impresses with its asset finance expertise, particularly on the aviation side...Aviation finance expert Ken Rush, who ‘helps clients understand and adapt to risks when necessary’, and David McGovern make up ‘a great team of practical lawyers’."

2014 IFLR1000 - "They've got people like David McGovern who have worked at aircraft leasing companies and other firms and in other jurisdictions - they [Walkers] have a broad view of the legal environment throughout the world in the aviation industry."

2013 Legal 500 - "Walkers has stamped its mark on the Irish finance sector, particularly in the asset finance space where it has ‘top-tier Irish lawyers'."

Member of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland

Member of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association

NEWS

• Belonging and Wellbeing in a Changing Workplace - The Dublin office recently hosted a Belonging and Wellbeing in a Changing Workplace themed event inv...
  
• Walkers' Global Asset Finance Practice Shines on World Stage in 2020 - Walkers is pleased to announce that its global asset finance practice has been recognised for its ro...
  
• Walkers Wins Four Finance Dublin Deals of the Year Awards 2020 - Walkers is delighted to announce that together with a number of clients, it has won four Finance Dub...
  
• Walkers Sponsors Aviation Awards 2019 in Dublin - Walkers was delighted to sponsor the Aviation Industry Awards 2019 which took place on Friday, 12 Ju...
  
• Walkers Ranks 7th in AirFinance Journal's 2019 Legal Survey - Walkers Global Aviation Finance Group has recently been ranked seventh in AirFinance Journal's ("AFJ...
  
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MATTERS

• Ireland Update - Walkers advises LCI on a US$230 million joint venture - Walkers recently acted as lead counsel for global helicopter and commercial aircraft lessor, LCI, on...
  
• Walkers' Global Aviation Team acts on Airborne Capital's Inaugural US$637 million ABS - Walkers is pleased to announce that it acted as Cayman Islands and Ireland counsel to Airborne Capit...
  
• Walkers Acts on Novel Aircraft Finance Purchases - AFIC - The Marsh-sponsored Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium (AFIC) has been the buzz of the air financ...
  
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ARTICLES

• Chambers Global Practice Guide 2020: Aviation Finance & Leasing - The 2020 Aviation Finance & Leasing Guide provides expert legal commentary on key issues for busines...
  
• Chambers Global Practice Guide 2019: Ireland Aviation Financing & Leasing - Partner and Head of Asset Finance, David McGovern, Of Counsel, Killian McSharry, Senior Associate, M...
  
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ADVISORY

• ABS Market Flying High - The number of lessors accessing the aircraft ABS market and the issuance of aircraft ABS has surged ...
  
• Ireland Update – Credit Reporting – Delay to Reporting of Guarantor Data - The Central Credit Register ("CCR") has indicated that lenders are not required to report informatio...
  
• Up, Up and Away: Irish Commercial Court Orders Removal of Registrations relating to Aircraft - Executive Summary The Irish High Court currently has exclusive jurisdiction to make orders against ...
  
• Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 signed into law - The Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, announced Monday, 30 July 2018, that the Cr...
  
• True Sales: Irish Legal Position Settled - The recent decision of the High Court in Bank of Ireland v Eteams International Limited [2017] IEHC ...
  
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EVENTS

• Walkers Sponsors Aviation Awards 2020 in Dublin - Walkers is delighted to sponsor this year's Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin Conference bei...
  
• Walkers Sponsors Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2020 - Walkers is delighted to once again sponsor the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2020 confer...
  
• Walkers & Clifford Chance to Host New York Aviation Professionals Event - Along with Clifford Chance Americas, Walkers is hosting the 2019 New York Aviation Professionals Net...
  
• Walkers Sponsors Aviation Awards 2019 - Walkers is delighted to sponsor the Aviation Industry Awards 2019 taking place on Friday, 12 July in...
  
• Walkers Sponsors Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2019 - Walkers is delighted to once again sponsor the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2019 confer...
  
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