Bingham’s Equipment Leasing Group has extensive experience in all aspects of equipment leasing and financing transactions, both U.S. and cross-border, including those involving aircraft, shipping vessels, automobiles, railcars, locomotives, power facilities, telecommunications, and computer and other technology equipment and software.
Our representation includes an exceptionally wide range of assignments, including venture leasing involving stock warrants, vendor programs, purchases and sales of portfolios of leased assets, technology equipment leasing/finance, software financing, synthetic leasing, leveraged leases, transportation and movable equipment leasing/financing, energy production, solid waste disposal and similar facilities and like-kind exchanges.
Our equipment leasing lawyers draw on the wide array of legal resources available at our 1,100-lawyer firm, including lawyers from our tax, finance and projects practices. Our tax lawyers provide comprehensive support for the tax aspects of structuring equipment lease transactions, negotiating general tax indemnities and designing tax indemnity agreements. We help clients attend to relevant issues in the planning stages, steering clear of unnecessary risks and selecting a structure to achieve preferred tax results. We have the talent and resources to handle the full range of equipment leasing matters.
We are active members of the Equipment Leasing Association and have participated on committees and as presenters at conferences, legal forums, regional meetings and seminars.