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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Manage aviation transactions from LOI execution to closing (executing up to 12 closings per month), managing jurisdictional and contractual risks, and leveraging institutional knowledge to enhance deal processes.
• Led, negotiated, and executed large scale sale & leaseback transactions and finance leases with North American and Latin American airlines.
• Drive results for the aviation business by proactively anticipating potential issues and providing efficient contractual and legal solutions to close deals quickly while maintaining acceptable levels of contractual risk.
• Collaborate with Risk, Lease Management and Technical teams to formulate and present strategic plans in relation to several material airline defaults, bankruptcies, lease restructurings and aircraft repossessions to.
• Focus on improving operational efficiency through collaboration with stakeholders to design and implement new internal processes and procedures for deal flows.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Negotiated contracts with counterparties relating to aviation leasing, trading, and restructurings while ensuring all transaction documents are executed within required timeframes and in accordance with internal.
• Efficiently executed trading and metal sales resulting in circa $950 million in proceeds during 2019 which played a key role in the success of achieving our organizational sales goal.
• Negotiated and executed 50+ covid related deferral/restructuring agreements during 2020, preserving our partnership with airlines, minimizing arrears balances, and protecting downside risks.
• Provided expertise in managing legal risk by concisely articulating these considerations in portfolio memos presented to internal management.
• Created, maintained, and managed all aviation fund and deal-specific structure charts, and assisted in the determination of the ideal structure during early stages of a deal, in coordination with the tax team.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Corporate governance oversight of 200+ entities, managed know your customer (KYC) requests, negotiated non-disclosure agreements, and provided ad hoc support to internal counsel.
• Managed third party KYC requests, which required thorough communication of complex structures to counterparties while ensuring discretion in respect to confidential and proprietary information.
• Reviewed and negotiated non-disclosure agreements with hundreds of counterparties.
• Drafted governance documents, resolutions and transfer agreements for special purpose vehicles and upper management entities domiciled in the United States and offshore.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Supported 3 highly experienced attorneys on legal transactions relating to mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, securities, and real estate.
• Drafted, proofed, and edited legal contracts and closing deliverables in collaboration with my supervising attorneys.
• Organized, planned, and prepared for the proper execution of all necessary documents under tight deadlines.
• Facilitated professional and timely communications between the firm and our clients and/or counterparties.

Bachelors Of Science, Sociology Major, Criminal Justice Minor

Post Baccalaureate Paralegal Certificate, Paralegal