Jim Bell
Jim Bell
Speaker
Partner, Global Aviation Sector Co-Head

Watson Farley & Williams

United Kingdom

Jim is global aviation sector co-head and a partner in the finance group.

Jim has significant experience in advising financiers, lessors and operators on structured and asset finance, with the majority of his practice focused on the aviation industry. He has advised on some of the most innovative, complex and high profile structured and asset finance transactions, including many ‘Deal of the Year’ award-winning transactions.

Jim’s experience includes debt finance, export finance, operating leasing, PDP finance, portfolio transfers, portfolio and warehouse financing, tax leasing products, debt capital markets products, Islamic finance, helicopter finance, business jet finance, engine finance, OEM purchase agreements, restructurings, regulatory and a range of corporate and commercial matters.

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Sessions

Main Agenda

  • What financing and liquidity will lessors be able to acquire in 2023?
  • How are recent M&A influencing buying opportunities in the secondary market as firms seek to build their portfolios next year?
  • What aircraft portfolio metrics are lessors aiming for?
  • What is the potential pipeline for airline bonds backed by alternative assets like loyalty programs, EETCs and CLOs?
  • How are these deals structures evolving?

Marjan Riggi
Senior Managing Director, Kroll Bond Rating Agency
Dana Barta
Executive Director - Aviation Debt Capital Markets, JP Morgan
Jerome Duval
Director Structured Finance, Citi
Moderator
Jim Bell
Partner, Global Aviation Sector Co-Head, Watson Farley & Williams