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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


    EDGEWATER, Md. – Aug. 1, 2019 –The National Aircraft Finance Association (NAFA) is pleased to announce that global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has joined its professional network of aviation service providers. 

    “NAFA members form a network of aviation finance services who diligently and competently operate with integrity and objectivity throughout the world. We’re excited to welcome Greenberg Traurig to our growing organization as we head to our 50th anniversary,” said Jim Blessing, president of NAFA.

    Greenberg Traurig’s Business Aviation Practice represents owners and operators of business aircrafts, financial institutions, leasing companies, corporations, airlines, and other aviation-related businesses on a variety of finance, leasing, commercial, and related corporate matters. The team is skilled in advising both domestic and foreign airlines, lessors, and lenders on aircraft, engines, and parts financings; purchases and sales of aircraft and aircraft portfolios; equipment leasing matters; as well as airline investments and other aviation-related commercial and operational matters. Attorneys capitalize on the firm’s global resources by working closely with restructuring, tax, private wealth, antitrust, governmental affairs, intellectual property, environmental, and labor and employment colleagues to develop multifaceted strategies that meet clients’ aviation needs.

    Business aviation attorney Edward Kammerer, a longstanding contributor to and recent board member of NAFA, recently joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder. He advises the business aviation community on a wide range of transactions and issues, with a special focus on aircraft acquisitions and finance. With 40 years of experience, he represents major corporations, mid-sized companies, family offices, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and business owners, helping them to acquire, operate, finance, and sell private aircrafts. Kammerer has previously served as in-house counsel for three leading equipment finance companies, including affiliates of two major banks and one leading insurance company. He had responsibility for the development of standard form financing documents and approved documentation of inbound and outbound syndicated secured financings. Kammerer is admitted in New York, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. 

    About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP(GT) has more than 2,100 attorneys in 41 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, diversity, and innovation, and is consistently among the largest firms in the U.S. on the Law360400 and among the Top 20 on the Am Law Global 100.  Web: http://www.gtlaw.com Twitter: @GT_Law.

    About NAFAThe National Aircraft Finance Association (NAFA)is a non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting the general welfare of individuals and organizations providing aircraft financing and loans secured by aircraft; improving the industry's service to the public; and providing our members with a forum for education and the sharing of information and knowledge to encourage the financing, leasing and insuring of general aviation aircraft. For more information about NAFA, visit NAFA.aero.

     August 02, 2019