Siddharth Sharma is special counsel in the London office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm's Transportation Finance Group.
Siddharth earned his LLB and LLM degrees from King’s College London and is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales.
Siddharth acts for financiers, equity investors, leasing companies and operators across a range of international financing, leasing, sale, portfolio sales, M&A, capital markets and restructuring transactions involving aircraft, rolling stock, ships and other moveable equipment.
Siddharth co-authored the United Kingdom chapter in the Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide for Aviation Finance & Leasing.
Transactions on which Siddharth has acted include advising: *
- Silverpoint Capital as an equitizing creditor in the Nordic Aviation Capital Chapter 11 proceedings.
- Avolon on its acquisition of CIT’s commercial aircraft leasing business.
- Chorus on its sale of Falko Regional Aircraft Limited and related assets to Cerberus.
- Dubai Aerospace Enterprise on its acquisition of an aircraft portfolio and Boeing order book from China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited.
- Fortress on its sale of Falko Regional Aircraft Limited and related assets to Chorus.
- Investec and Shawbrook Bank on the purchase of Lombard’s offshore leasing business.
- Oaktree on its sale of Abelo Capital to Cerberus.
- SMBC Aviation Capital on its $6.7bn acquisition of Goshawk Management Limited.
- Sumitomo Mitsui Finance Limited on its acquisition of Macquarie Rotorcraft Limited from Macquarie Asset Management.
- Abelo Capital on it’s on its $230m secured aircraft financing facility led by MUFG, Deutsche Bank and Societé Générale.
- BNP Paribas and CACIB on the $300m warehouse financing for Bleriot Aviation Funding DAC.
- Centrebridge on its proposed financing for Virgin Atlantic Airways.
- Citi and MUFG on $2bn revolving credit facility for International Airlines Group.
- Deutsche Bank, CACIB and Societé Générale on an aircraft secured warehouse financing for Airborne.
- JP Morgan on the LHR slot security aspects on a secured financing for Air Canada.
- TrueNoord on the restructuring of its aircraft secured financings with Citi and Nord LB.
- Abelo Aviation Capital on its various aircraft purchase agreements with ATR.
- Avolon on delivery delays and other issues under its aircraft purchase agreement with Airbus.
- SMBC Capital on delivery delays and other issues under its aircraft purchase agreement with Airbus.
- TUI Group on its settlement with Boeing with respect to the 737 MAX grounding.
- AerCap on an engine leasing structure with Pratt & Whitney for a portfolio of 90 aircraft engines.
- Avolon on its sale of aircraft assets to various counterparties and leasing of aircraft to various airlines.
- Banc of America, Investec and BBAM on various JOLCO aircraft transactions.
- SMBC Aviation on its sale of aircraft assets to various counterparties and leasing of aircraft to various airlines.
- TrueNoord on acquisition of aircraft portfolios and related financing arrangements.
- TUI on various sale and leaseback transactions for Boeing aircraft with Doric, ITOCHU, Chishima, NBB and SBI and on the novations for various aircraft leases.
- WealthCap on the sale of various Airbus aircraft on lease to Singapore Airlines.
- Wilmington Trust as agent and security trustee under various secured aircraft financings..
*Some of these representations occurred prior to Siddharth’s association with Gibson Dunn.
Capabilities
- Transportation and Space
- Capital Markets
- Finance
- Financial Institutions
- Investment Funds
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity
Credentials
Education:
- College of Law, London - 1996 Legal Practice Course
- King's College London - 1995 Master of Laws (LL.M.)
- King's College London - 1994 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Admissions:
- England & Wales - Solicitor