Debra Erni

Practice Areas

Finance; Asset Finance; Aviation, Aerospace & Transportation; Japan; Financial Services; Aviation Finance; Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium (AFIC)

Career

Debra Erni’s practice in Pillsbury’s Asset Finance Group focuses on international asset finance, leasing and trading with a particular emphasis on the aviation industry.

Based in London with significant client followings in California and Japan, Ms. Erni has represented several of the world’s largest aircraft and engine leasing companies, financiers, airlines and manufacturers in connection with the sale and purchase of new and used aviation assets, ECA-supported financings, secured debt, operating and tax-based lease financings, securitisations, and the formation and unwinding of joint venture leasing platforms. Formerly resident in Japan for nearly a decade, she speaks and reads Japanese fluently and is familiar with Japanese corporate structures and many other aspects of Japanese law. She has also spent time on secondment at AerCap’s Amsterdam office.