John F. Pritchard

John F. Pritchard


Holland & Knight LLP

Recognized since 2005

New York, New York

Practice Areas

Aviation Law

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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.

Mr. Pritchard has given many speeches on aircraft and equipment financing at various conferences, including: Capetown Convention and Legal Opinions, FAA Aircraft Registration and Choice of Registry, Aircraft Purchase Contracts and Aircraft Lease Portfolio Acquisitions from the Buyer's Perspective, Eurocontrol Liens, Risks of Doing Business with Limited Partnerships and Income Funds as Aircraft Lessors, Cross-Border Leasing, Ways of Recovering an Aircraft in the U.S., and on U.S. Ex-Im Bank transactions.

Location
  • 787 Seventh Ave, 31st Floor,
    New York, NY 10019
Education
  • Bowdoin College
Bar Admissions
  • New York, New York State Bar Association, 1977
Affiliations
  • ABA Forum on Air & Space Law, Aircraft Finance & Contracts Division - Former Chair
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Aviation Working Group, Legal Advisory Panel - Chairman
  • Euromoney Airfinance Annual Legal Conference - Former Chair

Holland & Knight LLP
New York, New York

609 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

192 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Equipment Finance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Equipment Finance Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Equipment Finance Law, New York City (2019)
  • Equipment Finance Law, New York City (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Aviation Law
Special Focus:
  • Finance
  • Global
  • Structured Finance
Awards:
  • 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
  • Aviation Lawyer of the Year, Who's Who Legal Awards, 2014-2016
  • Who's Who Legal 100: Aviation, 2014
  • Who's Who Legal: Aviation 2014, Finance
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Equipment Finance Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • International Trade and Finance Law
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Project Finance Law
  • Securitization and Structured Finance Law
  • Transportation Law

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