Aircraft Financing and Leasing Fundamentals

Dr. Donal Hanley, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, is an Adjunct Professor teaching Aircraft Financing and Leasing Law at the Institute of Air and Space Law of McGill University, a Visiting Lecturer teaching Aircraft Financing and Leasing Law at the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden University, and an Instructor in Aircraft Acquisition and Financing at the International Air Transport Association.

He has extensive board experience, as managing director, executive director, or non-executive director, for aircraft leasing companies in Ireland, France, Sweden, and Egypt, establishing and leading the Irish office of Aviation Capital Group and co-founding CIAF Leasing, an aircraft leasing company established under the auspices of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry.

He has over 30 years of experience in practicing aircraft financing and leasing law in Ireland, the UK, Japan, and the USA, both in private practice for McCann FitzGerald and Linklaters and in-house for Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Aviation Capital Group aircraft leasing companies.

Qualified as a lawyer in Ireland, England, and California, he has also studied in Japan, Canada, and the Netherlands and has, among others, MBA, LLM, and Ph.D. degrees, all specializing in aviation.

He has published a number of articles, as well as the leading textbook on aircraft operating leasing law, and is a regular speaker at industry conferences. He is a member of the editorial boards of the peer-reviewed McGill University Annals of Air and Space Law and Kluwer Law Air and Space Law journals and is a committee member of the European Air Law Association.