Equipment Financing and Leasing
Supporting Your Interests with Experience that Covers Any Leasing Transaction
We have the hands-on experience to represent you effectively in any “big ticket” as well as middle market transactions, including operating, finance, single investor, and leveraged and synthetic leases (as well as other types of leasing and conditional sales), both domestic and cross-border.
Sophisticated Transactions Structured to Leverage Your Opportunity
Our experience includes transactions involving: letters of credit, interest rate options, currency and interest rate swaps, as well as syndicated transactions, intercreditor participation, and subordinate agreements drafted on behalf of lead lenders.
Our corporate finance law attorneys, in conjunction with tax, banking law and other dedicated firm practitioners, work to structure transactions to meet your objectives, maximize tax benefits and minimize risk. In default and workout scenarios, the firm has extensive repossession, bankruptcy and restructuring experience.
Proactive Representation on Behalf of a Diverse Client Base
Whether you are an equipment lessee or lessor, owner participant, synthetic lessor, operator, manufacturer, seller or buyer, or representing a lender, indenture and owner trustee, or such entities as debt enhancement providers, Holland & Knight is prepared to guide and advise you on issues surrounding difficult lease laws and commercial lease laws.
All Categories of Equipment Across Multiple Industries
We have acted as counsel to transaction participants with interests in leasing for the full range of potential equipment, including:
- commercial and corporate aircraft, including helicopters
- railroad equipment
- other transportation-related equipment - fleets of truck tractors, dump trucks, buses, automobiles
- manufacturing equipment, computer equipment and general office equipment
Plus, our broad leasing experience across multiple industries further supports our commitment and ability to support your needs. Industry areas include:
- Aviation – lease financings of commercial aircraft for use by major international airlines and regional airlines; corporate jet aircraft for use by corporations and individuals in the United States and abroad
- Maritime - large commercial vessels, including LNG, petroleum and chemical product tankers and containerships; (link to Maritime sub page for Vessel Financing and Leasing, LNG) barges; marine cargo containers; offshore drilling rigs; container cranes and ship loading facilities
- Telecommunications - satellite transponders; optical and switching equipment
- Energy - cogeneration facilities; waste to energy and recycling facilities