Bill Gibson
Bill Gibson
Speaker
Partner, Global Transportation Finance

Vedder Price

United Kingdom

Bill Gibson is a Partner at Vedder Price and a member of the Global Transportation Finance team in the firm’s London office.

Mr. Gibson focuses his practice on a broad range of financings involving various asset types and portfolios of equipment, concentrating particularly on commercial and corporate aviation finance. He advises financiers, lessors and airlines in connection with the leasing and financing of commercial and corporate aircraft on a broad range of cross-border leasing and financing transactions, including ECA-supported and tax-based financings. He covers procurement, portfolio transactions and operating leases for a range of major industry participants.

In addition to Mr. Gibson’s commercial aviation experience, he also acts on behalf of financiers and train operating companies in connection with the financing and leasing of rolling stock.

Mr. Gibson was ranked in the Chambers 2020 and 2021 Asia-Pacific Guide in the Aviation: Finance category as Band 4. The guide commended him for his significant experience working on major aircraft financing transactions. Since 2018, Mr. Gibson was recognized among the world’s leading aviation attorneys by Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Expert Guides.  He was also ranked in Chambers UK Guide, in the Asset Finance: Aviation Finance category, in 2017.

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  • With a lot of lessors being supported by warehouses and the capital markets yet to reopen; how much can banks support their clients? Will we see an uptick in non-performing loans?
  • What are the changes in pricing and leverage that banks have been seeing in recent months?
  • What are the key features of warehousing facilities being deployed? How have these adapted?
  • How will the transition away from LIBOR impact deals, both new and existing, in the aviation industry?
  • With the Basel IV implementation date set for 1st January 2023, what impacts are we likely to see and is the industry prepared?



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Sneha Kedia
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Moderator
Bill Gibson
Partner, Global Transportation Finance, Vedder Price