Mark Moody

Partner, London

Biography

“Mark is a very experienced aviation finance lawyer who negotiates well and gets us the important points in our deals.”
Chambers UK, Asset Finance 2023

Overview

Mark Moody is a partner in the Asset Finance Group in the London office of White & Case. Mark focuses on transportation finance with a particular emphasis on the aviation industry. He has extensive experience in cross-border aircraft financings involving operating lease financings, finance leases, tax-based leasing structures, capital markets structures, debt restructurings, Islamic financings, sale and leaseback structures and export credit supported financings. In addition, Mark has been heavily involved in the sale and purchase of substantial aircraft portfolios as well as advising on airline restructurings and bankruptcies and aircraft redelivery disputes.

His representative clients include financial institutions, export credit agencies, operating lessors, airlines, and equity investors in the aviation industry.

In addition to London, Mark has also practiced law in Frankfurt, Paris and Singapore where he focused on asset finance transactions throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Mark is recommended by The Legal 500 where clients describe him as "the stand out individual" and Chambers, which states that he is "a master in his field", "extremely knowledgeable" with a "great eye for detail" and "proactive in looking after the client at all stages of a deal."

Mark is also a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales
Education
LPC
University of Law London
BEng
University of Bath
Languages
English

Experience

Mark has acted on major aviation finance and leasing matters, including:

Representation of the European ECAs and several lender syndicates in respect of the financing and leasing of over 70 Airbus A320 and A350 aircraft in the Chapter 11 of LATAM Airlines;*

Representation of a lender in respect of the financing and leasing of Boeing 737 aircraft in the Chapter 11 of Aeroméxico;*

Representation of an operating lessor in the securitisation of a portfolio of 24 Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft;*

Representation of an operating lessor in respect of the leasing of several Boeing 737 aircraft in the examinership of Norwegian;*

Representation of several lender syndicates in the JOLCO financings of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft for Latin American based airlines;*

Representation of a lender in the financing of three Airbus A320 NEO aircraft for an operating lessor to be leased to a U.S. airline;*

Representation of an operating lessor in the restructuring of JOLCO financings involving multiple aircraft;* and

Representation of an operating lessor in respect of the leasing of several Airbus A321 aircraft in the liquidation of Thomas Cook.*

*Experience prior to joining White & Case

Awards and Recognition

Band 2: Asset Finance – Aviation Finance, UK-wide (since 2010)
Chambers UK, 2023

Leading Individual: Transport Finance and Leasing
Legal 500 UK, 2023

Global Leader: Transport - Aviation (Finance)
Who's Who Legal Global, 2022

Recognized expert in Aviation by Euromoney's Expert Guides