Equipment comprises one of the key strategic investments for any business. But no matter how state-of-the-art the equipment may be, its financing structure must be in line with the company’s goals. Perkins Coie’s Aircraft & Equipment Financing practice attorneys represent participants in a variety of equipment and leasing transactions.

These include equipment trust and conditional sale transactions, foreign sales corporation leases, operating and leveraged leases, and tax and other finance leases. The equipment financed includes aircraft, vessels, rolling stock, drilling rigs, cogeneration and other power production facilities, telecommunications facilities and computers.

Aircraft finance is a special focus at our firm. Perkins Coie has represented The Boeing Company since we drafted the articles of incorporation for the aerospace giant in 1916. Our attorneys are thoroughly familiar with all aspects of domestic and international aircraft transactions, including manufacturing, purchasing, leasing, operation, maintenance, marketing, sales and FAA regulatory matters.

We also represent arrangers, aircraft leasing companies, banks and other financial institutions, aviation equipment manufacturers and airlines. In addition to Boeing, our aircraft finance clients include both domestic and foreign entities for which we have negotiated and structured numerous cross-border transactions worldwide.

Increasingly, we are involved in innovative financing structures created to meet client needs that cannot be served through conventional arrangements. These novel transactions include creating bankruptcy-resistant structures using Bermuda trusts or other offshore special-purpose vehicles, and using indemnity arrangements that protect investors against financial loss from contingencies such as payment defaults, political risks and loss of anticipated tax benefits.