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Michael Clare

Washington, DC

+1 (202) 741-4941

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Michael Clare is a senior associate in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office and is a member of the Corporate and Equipment Finance Group, with a focus on commercial aircraft finance. Michael represents operating lessors, borrowers, lenders, initial purchasers, arrangers, private equity investors, and airlines in connection with a broad spectrum of international financial and corporate transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures, domestic and cross-border secured and unsecured financings, leveraged leasing, structured financings, restructurings, and credit enhancements in the US and around the globe.  

He has extensive experience in a wide variety of aircraft and other structured equipment financings, including representing clients in aircraft acquisitions and dispositions; domestic and cross-border leveraged lease transactions; syndicated credit facilities; pre-delivery payment and warehouse facilities; and joint venture transactions.

Michael has significant experience in various other aspects of transportation finance and joined Hughes Hubbard in 2021 from Blank Rome LLP where he was a member of the Maritime Group. His practice focused on commercial maritime finance matters for clients spanning the commercial maritime industry, and included financing transactions such as, vessel secured credit facilities, lease financing transactions involving vessels, and vessel sale and purchase transactions both domestically and around the globe with a particular expertise in Jones Act financing matters. 

Michael was recognized in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, Ones to Watch, Transportation Law, listed in Best Lawyers in America©. 

Highlighted Matters

  • Representation of Griffin Global Asset Management in connection with a $400 million senior unsecured notes offering
  • Representation of Griffin Global Asset Management in a senior unsecured notes offering and subsequent add-on totaling $700 million
  • Representation of Griffin Global Asset Management $1 billion senior unsecured notes offering
  • Representation of Griffin Global Asset Management $525 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility
  • Represented Citibank N.A. and Goldman Sachs USA as joint mandated lead arrangers for a $2 billion senior secured credit facility to Setanta Aircraft Leasing DAC, a special purpose borrower of AerCap Holdings Group
  • Provided pro bono assistance to Fordham Law School’s National Center for Access to Justice in the creation of its recently published Consumer Debt Litigation Index
HHR Lands $525M Credit Facility for Griffin
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Firm Guides Griffin on $400M of Unsecured Notes Offering
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Firm Helps Griffin Push Warehouse Facility to $2 Billion
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Hughes Hubbard Advises on $745M Aircraft Asset-Backed Notes Offering for Blackbird Capital II
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Education
  • The George Washington Law School, J.D., 2013
  • The College of the Holy Cross, B.A., 2008
Bar Admissions
  • District of Columbia, 2014
  • Virginia, 2013
Areas of Focus
Aviation
Corporate

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