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In the Marketplace

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

Winston & Strawn LLP has launched a transportation-structured finance practice. Bill Bowers will serve as chair of this new group, which brings together more than 25 attorneys based in the firm's New York, Chicago, London and Washington, DC, offices. The group will focus on structured finance and securitization financings for the full range of transportation assets, including aircraft, aircraft engines, ships, railroad rolling stock, and containers; as well as the restructuring, transfer, and repackaging of such financings. They represent banks, underwriters, placement agents, issuers, lenders and liquidity providers in such financings, as well as a wide range of asset users ' U.S. and foreign airlines, operating lessors, shipping companies, railroads and trucking companies.

Vedder Price P.C. announced that Raviv Surpin has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a shareholder on the Global Transportation Finance (GTF) team. Surpin works with operating lessors, borrowers, finance companies, manufacturers and investors in all manner of aircraft finance transactions. He previously served as vice president & corporate counsel at International Lease Finance Corporation/AerCap (ILFC/AerCap).

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