Vincent Lafortune
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Vincent Lafortune

Associate

Email

vincent.lafortune@aoshearman.com

Offices

London

V-CARD
Vincent has experience advising financial institutions, lessors and airlines on various transaction types including operating and finance leasing, JOLCOs, aircraft portfolio sales, and insurance-backed aircraft financings.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • A global aviation services company on its acquisition USD2bn acquisition of Nordic Aviation Capital. Global M&A Deal of the Year; Middle East & Africa Overall Deal of the Year and Middle East & Africa M&A Deal of the Year 2025, Airline Economics.
  • The AFIC Insurance Consortium in connection with the insurance supported financing of 3 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft for Oman Air. Middle East & Africa Supported Finance Deal of the Year 2025, Airline Economics.
  • A leading European flag carrier on multiple JOLCO financings for narrowbody and widebody aircraft.
  • One of the world’s biggest lessors on the restructuring of multiple lease agreements with a major European carrier.

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2026

 

Academic

LLB, UCL, 2022

BCL, University of Oxford, 2023

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.