David's recent transactional experience includes:

Aviation:

• Representation of a German bank in connection with the refinancing for an operating lessor of a portfolio of 3 Airbus aircraft on lease to an Indian airline and owned by an Irish special purpose limited recourse borrower;
• Representation of KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH in connection with the refinancing for an operating lessor of a portfolio of 7 Airbus aircraft on lease to various airlines in multiple jurisdictions;
• Representation of the lenders and Euler Hermes in connection with the ECA-supported refinancing of two Airbus A330 aircraft for RwandAir; 
• Acting for international financial institutions and Export credit agencies in respect of numerous debt-financing and ECA-supported financing transactions (syndicated and bilateral) relating to aircraft on both finance and operating leases, including tax leases; and 
• Acting for Carlyle Aviation in respect of numerous operating lease transactions, repossessions and aircraft sales and purchases.

Shipping / maritime:

• Acting for United Arab Shipping Company in connection with its US$14 billion business combination with Hapag-Lloyd, in particular in relation to the large-scale due diligence of all shipping financing arrangements for the purposes of the business combination listing documentation; and subsequently acting for Hapag-Lloyd in connection with certain post-business combination shipping finance prospectus listings and capital increases;
• Acting for Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC), as lender, in connection with the sale and lease back transaction with Petrobras of a semi-submersible gas and oil production platform flagged in the Marshall Islands; and
• Acting for the borrower in connection with the financing of a luxury yacht marina in Spain pursuant to an Islamic murabaha arrangement and conventional financing, and acting for the same borrower in connection with the refinancing / restructuring thereof. 

Satellite financing:

• Representation of the lenders on the financing of the US$540 million Indonesia Government Multifunction Satellite Public Private Partnership (PPP) Project. Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Informatics (KOMINFO) initiated the Government of Indonesia Multifunctional Satellite PPP Project to provide fast internet access to remote areas in Indonesia;
• Representation of DNB Bank ASA as mandated lead arranger and lender on the financing of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission. The project, which will benefit from support from the Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency (GIEK), is being executed and will be operated by Space Norway, a state-owned limited company managed by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries;
• Acting for the lenders and export credit agencies in connection with the US$200,000,000 financing of a French manufactured satellite for a Malaysian satellite operator; and
• Acting for the lenders in connection with the disposal and leaseback of Satellite transponders in connection with an existing ECA-supported satellite financing.

Rail / rolling stock:

• Representation of a German rolling stock operator in connection with a sell side mandate relating to the sale of shares in the rolling stock operator. The transaction involved the completion of large-scale due diligence on the rolling stock contracts relating to the operator's business, and advising on all aspects of such review from the English law perspective;
• Advising the consortium of Lenders with respect to the refinancing of Cross London Trains, a company established to procure and lease rolling stock for use on the Thameslink passenger rail franchise, involving a multi-creditor platform and bank funders, and EU and US PP funders; and
• Representation of the Lender in connection with the commercial bank financing of a fleet of rolling stock wagons for operation across Europe, and advising the Lenders in connection with the subsequent early prepayment of the financing and release of rolling stock security.