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Aoife O'Sullivan
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+44(0)20 7220 5966 |
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+44(0)20 7220 5951 |
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Expertise:
Aoife has extensive experience in corporate, asset finance and commercial law. She has advised both nationally and internationally on financings, securitisations, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations, listings, commercial contracts, and joint ventures. She has also worked at a leading offshore firm in the Cayman islands where she advised on structuring and implementing local and international securitisations, asset financings, mutual fund and unit trust schemes, establishing complex corporate structures with worldwide tax-effective outcomes.
Aoife also advises clients on aircraft finance, commercial aviation and regulatory issues including aircraft and fleet acquisitions and disposals, financings, airline start-ups, licensing applications and ancillary issues. She has a particular focus on the specialised private and corporate jet market.
Aoife sits on business aviation industry committees in the UK and is a regular contributor to trade and industry publications, conferences and seminars.
Career:
- Attorney-at-Law, Cayman Islands; 2002-2003.
- Associate, Clifford Chance LLP, London; 1998-2002.
- Trainee Solicitor, PJ O'Driscoll & Sons, Ireland; 1994-1998.
Education:
- Solicitor, admitted in England and Wales, 1998.
- Admitted in Ireland, 1997.
- Admitted to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, 2002.
- L.L.M. (Hons) in Advanced Business Law, University College Cork, Ireland, 1996.
- B.C.L. (Hons -top ten) University College Cork, Ireland, 1994.
Committees and Working Groups:
- Active member of the Business Aviation Safety Partnership (B.A.S.P.) - SRG, NATS & Industry working together in partnership to reduce the involvement of business jet aircraft in safety significant events.
Professional Affiliations:
- Member of the Aviation Club (UK).
- Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
- Founder and board member of the IBN (Irish International Business Network).
- Member of the International Aviation Women's Association (IAWA).
Publications and Articles:
- "Shedding Light on the Legal Issues Surrounding Business Jet Ownership"; BART International, December 2007/January 2008.
- "Buying a Business or Private Jet"; Middle East Business Aviation Review, 2008.
- "Staying Within the Law"; BART International, April/May 2008.
- "Demystifying Fractional Ownership Schemes"; BART International, June/July 2008.
- "A Question of Jurisdiction"; BART International, October/November 2008.
- "Flying Through a Recession"; BART International, March/April 2009.
Languages:
Conversational French and Spanish.
Interests:
Aoife is a keen swimmer and cyclist and competes regularly in triathlons, both in the UK and abroad. She is a qualified rescue scuba diver with medic first aid. Other interests include photography, theatre, travel, languages and literature.
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