John F. Pritchard

John F. Pritchard: Experienced Structured Finance Lawyer in New York City

John F. Pritchard is a partner in Holland & Knight's New York office and practices on the firm's Structured Finance Team. With more than 25 years of experience in aircraft, equipment and facility finance, Mr. Pritchard is knowledgeable in all areas of asset-based financing and concentrates on the representation of lessees, lessors, lenders, borrowers and government guarantors in domestic and cross-border financings, securitizations, workouts and foreclosures.

Practice Areas

• Airport Finance
• Cross-Border Leasing
• Duty of Disclosure under FAA Regulations (49 U.S.C. 14602)
• Eurocontrol Liens, Risks and Remedies for Airports and Public Owners
• Funding of Aircraft Operations in the United States
• Government Guaranteed Leases of Government Facilities
• Liability of Lessors (including Liability of Aircraft Leasing Companies)
• Mortgages on Aircraft
• New York Ex-Im Bank Transactions
• Purchase and Sale Contracts for Aircraft
• Recovery from Defaulting Lessees
• Real Estate Mortgage Banking (REMIC) Funds as Aircraft Lessors
• Sales of Airports or Other Government Facilities
• Securitization of Aircraft Leases in the United States
• Sovereign Immunity and Ex-Im Bank Financing of International Projects
• Tax Implications for Equipment Finance Transactions
• Taxes on Interest Income from Foreign Aircraft Ownership
• Vessels, Port Facilities and Marine Leases
• Ways to Recover an Aircraft in the United States
• U.S. Ex-Im Bank Financing of International Projects
• Wind Turbine Lease Portfolio Acquisition from a Buyer's Perspective
• Aircraft Purchase Contracts (Buyer's Perspective)
• Airport Finance Leasing (Buyer's Perspective)
• Real Estate Mortgage Banking Funds as Aircraft Lessors
• Government Guarantees of Commercial Lease Agreements
• Purchase and Sale of Government Facilities from a Buyer's Perspective
• New York Ex-Im Bank Transactions (Buyer's Perspective)

Awards

• Lawyer of the Year: Equipment Finance Law, New York City (2019)
• Lawyer of the Year: Equipment Finance Law, New York City (2015)
• Recognized: Aviation Law, Recognized: Equipment Finance Law
• Practice Area: Banking and Finance Law
• Practice Area: Financial Services Regulation Law
• Practice Area: International Trade and Finance Law
• Practice Area: Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Practice Area: Project Finance Law
• Practice Area: Securitization and Structured Finance Law
• Special Focus: Finance
• Special Focus: Global
• Special Focus: Structured Finance
• American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, Super Lawyers magazine, January 2009, The Best of the Best USA, Aviation, Legal Media Group's Expert Guides, 2013, 2015, 2016
• The Best of the Best, Aviation, Legal Media Group's Expert Guides, 2013, 2014, 2016
• Guide to the World's Leading Aviation Lawyers, Legal Media Group's Expert Guides, 2004-2016
• New York Super Lawyers magazine, 2009-2016
• Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Aviation, 2005-2014; Most Highly Regarded, 2012-2014
• The Legal 500 USA, Asset Finance and Leasing, 2010-2016
• Chambers USA – America's Leading Business Lawyers guide, Nationwide Banking & Finance: Equipment Finance & Leasing, 2008-2013; Nationwide Transportation: Aviation: Finance, 2008-2016
• Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business guide, Asset Finance, 2006-2009, 2011-2014; Aviation Finance, 2015, 2016
• Chambers High Net Worth guide, Private Aircraft: Global-wide, 2016
• Who's Who Legal: Transport, Aviation Finance, 2015, 2017
• The Best Lawyers in America guide, New York Equipment Finance Law Lawyer of the Year, 2015
• Airport Finance Lawyer of the Year, Who's Who Legal Awards, 2014-2016
• Who's Who Legal: Aviation 2014, Finance

Firms

• Holland & Knight LLP

Affiliations

• The American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition
• Super Lawyers magazine, January 2009 (New York Super Lawyers magazine)
• Legal Media Group's Expert Guides
• The Best of the Best USA, Aviation
• Aviation Lawyer of the Year, Who's Who Legal Awards, 2014-2016
• Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Aviation, 2005-2014; Most Highly Regarded, 2012-2014
• The Legal 500 USA, Asset Finance and Leasing
• Chambers USA – America's Leading Business Lawyers guide, Nationwide Banking & Finance: Equipment Finance & Leasing, 2008-2013; Nationwide Transportation: Aviation: Finance, 2008-2016
• Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business guide, Asset Finance, 2006-2009, 2011-2014; Aviation Finance, 2015, 2016
• Chambers High Net Worth guide, Private Aircraft: Global-wide, 2016
• Who's Who Legal: Transport, Aviation Finance, 2015, 2017
• The Best Lawyers in America guide, New York Equipment Finance Law Lawyer of the Year, 2015
• Airport Finance Lawyer of the Year, Who's Who Legal Awards, 2014-2016
• Who's Who Legal: Aviation 2014, Finance