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Samuel J. Kolehmainen

Advised Asia Aviation Capital Limited, an aircraft leasing subsidiary company, in its subleasing of two A320 to a newly established AirAsia (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., a Cambodian low-cost airline.
Advised Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Credit Industriel et Commercial on the financing for AerDragon Aviation Partners of two A320-251NEO aircraft on lease to SAS.
Advised Bain Capital on its acquisition of Virgin Australia Airways.
Advised Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank on the financing for CCB Leasing of two aircraft operated by Volaris.
Advised an airline on the restructuring of over 100 aircraft leases due to the COVID pandemic.
Advised syndicate led by Natixis on the AFIC backed financing for EastMerchant of two B787 aircraft on lease to SIA.
Advised CA-CIB, NordLB, Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale, and Korean Development Bank on the financing of ten aircraft portfolio facility for AerDragon.
Advised Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale on the financing for a Chinese operating lessor in relation to its acquisition of two A320NEO aircraft to be leased to an Indian airline.
Advised on the financing from Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen and KfW to Bank of Communications Financial Leasing for the lease of three aircraft to flydubai.
Advised on the financing from DVB, Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen, Westpac Banking Corporation, and KfW to China Merchants Bank Leasing for the lease of six aircraft to Indigo Airlines.
Advised on the financing from Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, and Korea Development Bank to Minsheng Financial Leasing for the lease of four aircraft to Indigo Airlines.
Advised on the financing to DVB and Korea Development Bank for HI Securities of two aircraft on lease to Emirates.
Advised on the financing for Avation plc from Deutsch Bank for the lease of one aircraft to Philippine Airlines.
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