Lauded for its ability to provide ‘pragmatic and sound advice’, the team at Watson Farley & Williams LLP stands out for its extensive expertise in aviation and shipping finance, as well as its significant involvement in ESG and sustainability-linked financings. The team is led by the ’very commercial and collaborative’ Charles Viggers, who is noted for his focus on the transport sector, with a special emphasis on aviation finance and leasing. A litany of banks, leasing companies and financial institutions turn to Madeline Leong for her assistance on a range of matters across the transportation, natural resources and energy sectors. Andrew Nimmo advises on project and asset financings.
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‘Pragmatic and sound advice.’
‘Lizzie Roe is pragmatic yet provides sound advice.’
‘Reasonable, measured, capable and efficient.’
‘Charles Viggers is very commercial and collaborative.'
Kernmandanten
- Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
- The Korea Development Bank
- Standard CharteredBank
- Avation PLC
- Island Aviation Services Ltd.
- BNP Paribas
- China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited
- BOC Aviation Limited
- Avolon
- Airborne Capital
Highlight-Mandate
- Advised Standard Chartered Bank on the financing of two A320neo aircraft for TATA SIA Airlines Limited, operating as Vistara, utilising a unique structuring through Gujarat International Finance Tec-City using an entity which is not a wholly owned subsidiary of Vistara.
- Advised a syndicate of seven banks on a US$315m financing for six gas carriers (VLGCs) for Petredec Global Pte Ltd., the world’s leading fully integrated LPG platform.
- Advised Hafnia on a sustainability-linked revolving credit facility of approximately US$303m, extended by a syndicate of eight banks comprising BNP Paribas, Citibank, Danske Bank, DBS Bank, IYO Bank, Nordea Bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation and Standard Chartered Bank.
Anwält*innen
Führende Partner*innen
Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.
Partner*innen der nächsten Generation
Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.
Lizzie Roe
Praxisleitung
Charles Viggers
Weitere Kernanwält*innen
Madeline Leong; Andrew Nimmo; Lizzie Roe