Firm:	Matheson LLP
Position:	Partner
Address:	70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay Dublin 2
Phone:	+353 1 232 2770
Email:	rory.mcphillips@matheson.com
Personal URL:	https://www.matheson.com/people/rory-mcphillips

Special Areas:

Rory McPhillips is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department. Rory has considerable experience in advising financial institutions, equity participants, export credit agencies, commercial and investment banks, airlines, aircraft leasing companies and others in a wide range of matters over a number of years.

He represents clients in the financing and leasing of aircraft, railcars, engines, simulators, trucks and industrial equipment, and routinely handles all Irish aspects of financing structures established across multiple jurisdictions with aircraft and other assets deployed globally.

Career:

Advised on a US$916 million aircraft asset-backed securitisation transaction involving the acquisition of a portfolio of 52 aircraft and one aircraft engine.

Advised an airline in connection with several JOLCO structures.

Advised an airline on its PDP financing and sale / leaseback of 25 new Boeing 737 Max 8 / 9 aircraft.

Advised a financial institution in connection with the financing of a portfolio of 617 railcars.

Advised an Irish aircraft lessor in connection with its $1.875 billion financing of a portfolio of 46 aircraft.

Advised an Irish aircraft lessor in connection with a $750 million warehouse debt financing facility.

Advised an Irish aircraft lessor in connection with a $395,000,000 term loan financing secured by 23 aircraft.

Advised an Irish aircraft lessor in connection with a $600,000,000 refinancing of a large portfolio of aircraft.

Advised on a US$713 million aircraft asset-backed securitisation transaction involving the acquisition of a portfolio of 54 aircraft and 6 aircraft
engines.

Advised an aircraft simulator lessor on its acquisition, financing and leasing of 3 simulator units.

Advised a lessor of Intermodal Railcars on a €55 million syndicated secured credit facility.

Advised on the establishment of numerous orphan and SPV structures to finance a variety of assets including aircraft, railcars, helicopters, trucks, cars and simulator units.

Advised on a US$260 million aircraft asset backed securitisation transaction involving the acquisition of a portfolio of 30 aircraft.

Qualifications:

University College Dublin, Bachelor of Business and Legal Studies

Solicitor, Ireland

Solicitor, England and Wales (not practising)