Our lawyers in Kenya have experience in advising on a wide variety of asset and structured finance projects including the procurement, financing and leasing of aircraft, heavy and light rolling stock, rail infrastructure, film productions and tax-based leasing.
Our client base includes: banks and arrangers, major airlines and operators, and lessors and manufacturers of a variety of assets.
Experience has included advising:
- Clients on various aircraft and engine lease, sale and purchase transactions — negotiated terms, reviewed and drafted transactional documents, attended to conditions precedent and registration matters for aircraft and engine deliveries, and attended to legal issues in aircraft redeliveries.
- Oman Air (S.A.O.C.) on various aspects relating to the sublease of two Boeing 787-8 aircraft from Kenya Airways Limited. Also advised on various aspects relating to its slot exchange agreement (for certain landing slots at London’s Heathrow Airport) with Kenya Airways, an agreement between Société Air France, Kenya Airways Limited and Oman Air.
- Astral Aviation (Kenya) on its purchase and onward sale of one Fokker F27 MK500 aircraft. Our role entailed negotiating and drafting transactional documentation and attending to registration matters.
- Aircraft Leasing Services (ALS), on its acquisition of three aircraft (Bombadier Inc. DHC-8-106) from Avmax Aircraft Leasing Inc.
- A top-tier commercial bank in Kenya in the financing of a used aircraft which required a high degree of due diligence over the aircraft and security documentation proceedings.