Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm acted as counsel to joint bookrunners UBS Investment Bank, Citigroup, Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Agricole CIB, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets and RBS in connection with the issuance of $2.6 billion of senior notes by AerCap Ireland Capital Limited and AerCap Global Aviation Trust to finance the $5.4 billion acquisition of International Lease Finance Corporation by AerCap Holdings N.V., a leading aircraft leasing company, from American International Group.
Paul Hastings also represented affiliates of the joint bookrunners in connection with providing a $2.75 billion bridge credit agreement to AerCap to support the acquisition.
Leveraged Finance partners Michael Michetti, Jeffrey Pellegrino led the Paul Hastings team, which also included associates Edward Holmes, Christopher Ross, Andrew Roop, and Katie Forer.
