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| CONFERENCE CHAIR Gerold W. Libby Holland & Knight LLP Los Angeles HOST COMMITTEE |
THE HISTORIC CAPE TOWN TREATY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN AIRCRAFT FINANCING
Focusing on current trends in aircraft financing, this panel will explore in particular the advantages afforded to financiers after the ratification of the Aircraft Equipment Protocol at the historic 2001 Cape Town Convention, detailing what that protocol means to business attorneys and their clients today.
MODERATOR:
Atul Y. Chitale, Partner
A. Y. Chitale & Associates, Advocates & Legal Consultants, India
Atul Chitale has extensive experience in litigation, dispute resolution and arbitration, including domestic and international litigations and arbitrations. He also has experience in antitrust and competition law matters, particularly in relation to the aviation industry. Mr. Chitale has also been involved in advising clients in aircraft financing, securitization, and registrations in India.
PANELISTS:
R. Paul Barkes, Counsel
Kaye Scholer LLP, United States
Paul Barkes is counsel in Kaye Scholer’s Corporate & Finance Department, specializing in aviation finance and leasing. He has represented aircraft lessors in lease and finance transactions throughout the world, including operating leases, sales, acquisitions, acquisition financings, and securitizations. MORE>
Kevin A. Hall, Partner
Reed Smith LLP, United States
Kevin Hall’s practice focuses on banking, including leveraged acquisition finance and syndicated lending, and equipment and facility financing, as well as structured finance, with an emphasis on tax-driven and cross-border transactions involving a wide variety of transportation and industrial equipment. MORE>
Roderick D. Margo, Partner
Condon & Forsyth LLP, United States
Roderick Margo advises and represents airlines and their insurers in connection with the litigation and resolution of aviation claims and commercial disputes, and acts for airlines in the negotiation and documentation of commercial transactions. He is also involved in aviation regulatory and aeropolitical matters, aviation risk management, aviation insurance, and labor and employment. MORE>
Hajime Ueno, Partner
Nishimura & Asahi, Japan
Hajime Ueno, partner in Nishimura & Asahi’s Financial Services Group, has an extensive practice in corporate finance and capital markets with an emphasis on structured finance transactions. He has represented arrangers in aircraft and airline tickets securitization transactions as well as various asset-based transactions. MORE>
Enny Widhya, Partner
Mochtar Karuwin Komar, Indonesia
Enny Widhya specializes in aviation finance and leasing and has represented aircraft lessors, owners, and banks in lease and finance transactions from the U.S. and Europe. She spoke at a seminar in 2006 on the Communication of the Protocols to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment in Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment under the auspices of the DGAC. MORE>
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Focusing on current trends in aircraft financing, this panel will explore in particular the advantages afforded to financiers after the ratification of the Aircraft Equipment Protocol at the historic 2001 Cape Town Convention, detailing what that protocol means to business attorneys and their clients today.
MODERATOR:
Atul Y. Chitale, Partner
A. Y. Chitale & Associates, Advocates & Legal Consultants, India
Atul Chitale has extensive experience in litigation, dispute resolution and arbitration, including domestic and international litigations and arbitrations. He also has experience in antitrust and competition law matters, particularly in relation to the aviation industry. Mr. Chitale has also been involved in advising clients in aircraft financing, securitization, and registrations in India. PANELISTS:
R. Paul Barkes, Counsel
Kaye Scholer LLP, United States
Paul Barkes is counsel in Kaye Scholer’s Corporate & Finance Department, specializing in aviation finance and leasing. He has represented aircraft lessors in lease and finance transactions throughout the world, including operating leases, sales, acquisitions, acquisition financings, and securitizations. MORE>Kevin A. Hall, Partner
Reed Smith LLP, United States
Kevin Hall’s practice focuses on banking, including leveraged acquisition finance and syndicated lending, and equipment and facility financing, as well as structured finance, with an emphasis on tax-driven and cross-border transactions involving a wide variety of transportation and industrial equipment. MORE> Roderick D. Margo, Partner
Condon & Forsyth LLP, United States
Roderick Margo advises and represents airlines and their insurers in connection with the litigation and resolution of aviation claims and commercial disputes, and acts for airlines in the negotiation and documentation of commercial transactions. He is also involved in aviation regulatory and aeropolitical matters, aviation risk management, aviation insurance, and labor and employment. MORE>Hajime Ueno, Partner
Nishimura & Asahi, Japan
Hajime Ueno, partner in Nishimura & Asahi’s Financial Services Group, has an extensive practice in corporate finance and capital markets with an emphasis on structured finance transactions. He has represented arrangers in aircraft and airline tickets securitization transactions as well as various asset-based transactions. MORE>Enny Widhya, Partner
Mochtar Karuwin Komar, Indonesia
Enny Widhya specializes in aviation finance and leasing and has represented aircraft lessors, owners, and banks in lease and finance transactions from the U.S. and Europe. She spoke at a seminar in 2006 on the Communication of the Protocols to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment in Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment under the auspices of the DGAC. MORE>Return to Programs List>