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Chris Quinn specialises in asset finance, with recent work seeing him particularly active in aviation.
Banking and Finance: Chambers Global 2011
Clients note his"excellent understanding of legal issues, balanced by outstanding commercial sense."
Banking and Finance: Chambers Global and Chambers Europe 2010
Chris Quinn is "central to the firm's renowned aircraft and shipping finance practice."
Chambers Global and Chambers Europe 2009
"Highly commended".
Chambers Europe 2008
Chris is also recognised as a leading lawyer by international legal directories PLC Which Lawyer, Euromoney Expert Guides, Who's Who Legal and European Legal 500.
Expertise
Chris focuses on asset finance, leasing, structured and cross-border financing and securitisations and advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks, aircraft financing banks, aircraft owners, aircraft lessors, airlines, financial arrangers and investments advisers both located in Ireland and throughout the world.
Chris has extensive experience in asset finance, leasing, structured cross border financing and securitisation transactions including the acquisition, financing, sale and leaseback and defeasance of aircraft, ships, rail, rolling stock and other equipment. He also advises in relation to structured finance, securitisation and repackaging transactions involving the establishment of special purpose vehicles funded by private and public issuances of equity and debt securities and has also acted for Irish originators in securitisation transactions. Chris also advises banking and financial institutions in relation to conventional lending products and in relation to compliance matters. Chris' clients include a number of the major aircraft leasing companies, both Irish and foreign airlines, equipment leasing companies, many of the major asset financing and equipment leasing banks and many of the leading investment banks.
Chris has spoken at a number of securitisation, structured finance and airfinance conferences and has contributed an article on Securitisations and Structured Finance Transactions in Ireland in a publication by the Centre for International Legal Studies. Chris has spoken at a number of conferences in relation to Aircraft Transactions and Ireland. Chris is also a regular speaker at Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol Legal conferences.
Chris has written the chapter on Ireland in Aircraft Repossession and Enforcement - Practical Aspects - edited by Ravi Nath and Berend Crans and published by Wolters Kluwer.
Education
University College Dublin, Bachelor of Arts in English and History
Highlights
Chris has advised:
- on the US$1.5 billion merger of two Aircraft leasing companies
- on a US$750 million Aircraft Structured Financing Facility involving both ECA and US EXIM financing facilities
- numerous CLO, CDO credit default derivative and credit linked note transactions
- the establishment of a number of Commercial Paper and MTN Programmes in Ireland
- the establishment of a European wide leasing programme for a US multinational in relation to the office equipment and office technology for its 250 European affiliates
- establishment of an Irish joint venture between a number of parties to acquire, manage and market 70 new airbus A320 aircraft
- the establishment of numerous orphan and SPV structures to finance a variety of assets including aircraft and ships
- the issuance of a US$550 million secured notes by an Irish aircraft lessor
- the acquisition by an Irish lessor of over 30 aircraft and an airline
