Adam Shire

About Adam

Adam specialises in ship and aviation finance; acting for banks and other financial institutions and for owners on finance transactions, including syndicated, bi-lateral and club loans; corporate jet loan and lease transactions; advising on sale, purchase and registration of commercial ships, yachts and aircraft, and yacht management and operating issues.

Adam is ranked by leading industry guides as being an expert in both yacht and aviation finance. In Chambers and Partners 2023 clients praise Adam as being “very responsive and commercial“. Clients note “I really enjoy working with him – he goes beyond what is asked of them as lawyers…I have nothing but good things to say” (Chambers and Partners 2022, Private Aircraft – Global-wide).

Adam is also praised for his friendly client service and high quality of his work “Adam is easy to get on with and comes to good solutions. He is a finance guy, for which work I would rate him highly“, (Chambers and Partners 2023, Yachts & Superyachts – Global-wide).

Adam also works closely with other members of HFW’s jets and helicopters team, providing market-leading advice across jets, helicopters and general business aviation in financing, sale and purchase, leasing, regulation, insurance, contingency planning, emergency response and dispute resolution.

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