Tom is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Transportation and Space Group.
Tom has experience acting for financiers, equity investors, leasing companies and airlines on a variety of asset leasing and financing transactions involving aircraft, ships, oil rigs and other moveable equipment.
Tom has previously spent nine months seconded to the legal department of a major aircraft leasing company and six months seconded to the legal department of an international investment bank.
Tom is ranked as ‘Up and Coming’ by Chambers UK 2026, and as a ‘Rising Star’ by Legal 500 UK 2024. Tom was also named as a ‘Rising Star’ in Airfinance Journal's “Guide to Aviation Lawyers 2022”, which recognizes the most promising legal associates working in aviation finance.
Recent transactions on which Tom has acted include: *
• Deutsche Bank in connection with a limited recourse facility for a leading aircraft lessor, secured by a portfolio of aircraft and engines.
• volofin in connection with four limited recourse loan facilities with ACS, secured by portfolios of aircraft and engines.
• Castlelake in connection two aircraft portfolio acquisitions.
• MUFG and Hamburg Commercial Bank in connection with the financing for Asterion Industrial Partners of two widebody aircraft.
• The aviation investments team of a global investment firm in connection with the refinancing of their multiple existing secured aircraft facilities and its replacement with a single multi-faceted, first-in-kind secured warehouse facility.
• SNB Capital (formerly NCB Capital) and Dara Aviation Finance Limited in relation to the acquisition and financing of a portfolio of 19 commercial aircraft from AerCap.
• Lenders to Falko (DB / Morgan Stanley / Citi) in connection with several warehouse facilities.
• Abelo in connection with the refinancing of their warehouse facility.
• volofin in connection with a credit facility to finance the conversion of passenger aircraft into freighter configuration.
• Various leasing companies in connection with the sanctions and insurance related-issues stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
• AFIC Insurers in connection with multiple AFIC-insured secured financings.
• OneWeb in connection with a $94 million secured term loan facility from the Export-Import Bank of India, to partially finance expenditures associated with two launch services of 36 satellites.
• Citibank in connection with its participation in an EXIM backed loan to be advanced to KLM for the acquisition of a Boeing Model 787-10 Aircraft.
• Ad hoc committee of bondholders in connection with the restructuring of NAC.
• Ad hoc committee of TLB lenders to Seadrill Partners as maritime counsel in connection with its Chapter XI proceedings.
• Various aircraft financiers and leasing companies in connection with the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Multiple secured parties in connection with financed aircraft leased to Thai Airways.
• SMBC Aviation Capital on its purchase of Goshawk.
• Citibank and other financing banks with respect to a portfolio financing program of up to $2 billion made available to a subsidiary of Seaspan Corporation.
• Geoquip Marine in connection with the financing of their fleet of vessels and rigs.
*Some of these representations occurred prior to Tom’s association with Gibson Dunn.
Capabilities
- Transportation and Space
- Aerospace and Defense
- Capital Markets
- Finance
- Financial Institutions
- Investment Funds
- Private Equity
Credentials
Education:
- Kaplan Law School - 2011 Graduate Diploma in Law
- Kaplan Law School - 2011 Legal Practice Course
- London School of Economics & Political Science - 2009 Bachelor of Science
Admissions:
- England & Wales - Solicitor