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Maples Advises Delta Air Lines on US$9 Billion Financing
01 Oct 2020
Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law firm, advised Delta Air Lines and its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, SkyMiles IP Ltd., on the Cayman Islands legal aspects of both its recent US$3 billion term loan facility and its US$6 billion offering of senior secured notes. Both funding arrangements closed on 23 September 2020.
The notes and new credit facility are secured by, among other things, a first-priority security interest in Delta's SkyMiles program, including Delta's rights under certain related agreements, intellectual property, and other collateral related to the SkyMiles programme.
A multi-disciplinary team of lawyers based in the Group's Cayman Islands offices was led by Partner and Cayman Islands Co-Head of Asset Finance, Jonathon Meloy, along with Partners Anthony Philp (Finance), Pat Head and Tim Dawson (Regulatory), and Abraham Thoppil (Intellectual Property), Of Counsels Shari McField (Finance) and Nick Herrod (Restructuring) and Associate Ed Rhind (Finance).
The firm worked closely alongside Davis Polk and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, who each advised Delta on US legal matters, while Milbank acted as US counsel to the lead arranger, Goldman Sachs.
Jonathon Meloy noted that "Following our role in the successful funding for United Airlines in June, we were delighted to once again advise on another significant airline financing collateralised by a loyalty programme. We are very fortunate to have a deep bench and global team of dedicated aviation finance specialists, as well as experts in other areas including restructuring, regulatory and intellectual property, who are well-equipped to provide the overall expertise needed to support the aviation industry during these challenging times."
The notes and new credit facility are secured by, among other things, a first-priority security interest in Delta's SkyMiles program, including Delta's rights under certain related agreements, intellectual property, and other collateral related to the SkyMiles programme.
A multi-disciplinary team of lawyers based in the Group's Cayman Islands offices was led by Partner and Cayman Islands Co-Head of Asset Finance, Jonathon Meloy, along with Partners Anthony Philp (Finance), Pat Head and Tim Dawson (Regulatory), and Abraham Thoppil (Intellectual Property), Of Counsels Shari McField (Finance) and Nick Herrod (Restructuring) and Associate Ed Rhind (Finance).
The firm worked closely alongside Davis Polk and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, who each advised Delta on US legal matters, while Milbank acted as US counsel to the lead arranger, Goldman Sachs.
Jonathon Meloy noted that "Following our role in the successful funding for United Airlines in June, we were delighted to once again advise on another significant airline financing collateralised by a loyalty programme. We are very fortunate to have a deep bench and global team of dedicated aviation finance specialists, as well as experts in other areas including restructuring, regulatory and intellectual property, who are well-equipped to provide the overall expertise needed to support the aviation industry during these challenging times."
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