John F. Pritchard

Spear’s Review

With more than 25 years’ experience advising HNW and UHNW clients on aircraft, equipment and facility finance, New York-based John F. Pritchard is one of the pre-eminent aviation lawyers in the business.

Pritchard has developed broad expertise in all areas of asset-based financing, representing lessees, lessors, borrowers, manufacturers, lenders and government export agencies in domestic and cross-border leases. Some aircraft assets have been valued well into the hundreds of millions of dollars, with some surpassing $1 billion.

Holland & Knight’s aircraft finance team is well regarded for its transactional work involving domestic and cross-border acquisitions, as well as the financing and leasing of aircraft, engines and spare parts, and has advised on 300-plus transactions.