#1 Global Aviation Advisor
Leveraging a nearly 30-year history of advising on hundreds of major airline and aircraft leasing transactions, Seabury Aviation Partners is the industry’s leading practice delivering global restructuring and investment banking capabilities to the aviation industry and a comprehensive set of transaction and advisory services to airlines, aviation investors and manufacturers worldwide.
60+
Countries
1600+
Engagements
US$200B+
Debt/Lease Restructured
US$400B+
New Aircraft Purchased
US$15B+
Equity Raised
3000+
Aircraft Transacted
Airline Restructuring
Seabury Aviation Partners’ airline restructuring practice delivers global investment banking and restructuring capabilities to clients in the airline and aircraft leasing sectors. Our team is regularly engaged on the largest and most complex airline restructurings, where we leverage our deep industry expertise to benefit clients. We have led 13 of the top 20 airline transformations as the sole advisor and conducted the restructuring of more than $100 billion of obligations.
Investment Banking
We are experts at delivering global investment banking capabilities and financial advisory services to airlines and investors in the aviation industry. We are frequently hired by airlines as investment banker in connection with financial restructurings. Leveraging our deep industry experience, we also provide a full spectrum of capital raising and strategic advisory.
Aircraft Transactions and Financing
For more than 25 years, our team has helped clients buy, sell, lease, finance and manage aircraft and engines. Our team’s deep industry expertise comes from prior roles as executives at airlines, airframe and engine manufacturers, and lessors. Our experts support the negotiation process from strategy development and engagement through final contract.
We provide unbiased advice in structuring and restructuring of debt facilities and leases, in originating and executing sale leasebacks, cross-border tax leases, JOLCOs, export credit, bank, direct lending, insurance debt, and PDP financings.
Consulting
We have experience working closely with clients across the aviation sector to diagnose, develop and, implement actions plans on all aviation and aerospace matters. We deliver results, not reports. Our teams combine former industry executives from airlines, lessors, OEMs and MROs with industry leading consultants.
We staff projects with senior leadership, offering multi-disciplinary experience, deep understanding of the market dynamics and independence to provide objective and actionable advice to clients.