Rory McPhillips is "very personable to work with: very responsive to questions and he gives sound, sensible advice”.
Chambers Global
Expertise
Rory McPhillips is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department. Rory has considerable experience in advising financial institutions, equity participants, export credit agencies, commercial and investment banks, airlines, aircraft leasing companies and others in a wide range of matters over a number of years.
He represents clients in the financing and leasing of aircraft, railcars, engines, simulators, trucks and industrial equipment, and routinely handles all Irish aspects of financing structures established across multiple jurisdictions with aircraft and other assets deployed globally.
Experience Highlights
- Advised on a US$916 million aircraft asset-backed securitisation transaction involving the acquisition of a portfolio of 52 aircraft and one aircraft engine.
- Advised an airline in connection with several JOLCO structures.
- Advised an airline on its PDP financing and sale / leaseback of 25 new Boeing 737 Max 8 / 9 aircraft.
- Advised a financial institution in connection with the financing of a portfolio of 617 railcars.
- Advised an Irish aircraft lessor in connection with its $1.875 billion financing of a portfolio of 46 aircraft.
- Advised an Irish aircraft lessor in connection with a $750 million warehouse debt financing facility.
- Advised an Irish aircraft lessor in connection with a $395,000,000 term loan financing secured by 23 aircraft.
- Advised an Irish aircraft lessor in connection with a $600,000,000 refinancing of a large portfolio of aircraft.
- Advised on a US$713 million aircraft asset-backed securitisation transaction involving the acquisition of a portfolio of 54 aircraft and 6 aircraft engines.
- Advised an aircraft simulator lessor on its acquisition, financing and leasing of 3 simulator units.
- Advised a lessor of Intermodal Railcars on a €55 million syndicated secured credit facility.
- Advised on the establishment of numerous orphan and SPV structures to finance a variety of assets including aircraft, railcars, helicopters, trucks, cars and simulator units.
- Advised on a US$260 million aircraft asset backed securitisation transaction involving the acquisition of a portfolio of 30 aircraft.
Accolades
Rory McPhillips is named ‘Market Leader’.
Asset Finance: IFLR1000 2024
Rory McPhillips is named as a Leading individual
Transport: The European Legal 500 2024
‘I have always been impressed by the depth of knowledge and experience, in addition to the responsiveness, collaborative and solutions-driven approach of the Matheson team, and in particular Stephen Gardiner, Rory McPhillips and Yvonne McWeeney.’
Transport: The European Legal 500 2024
"Rory McPhillips is very easy to deal with and commercially minded."
Banking and Finance: Asset Finance Chambers Global & Europe 2024
Rory McPhillips is named a Next Generation Partner
Asset Finance: The European Legal 500 2024
Rory McPhillips is named as a Leading individual
Transport: The European Legal 500 2023
Rory McPhillips is named ‘Market Leader’.
Asset Finance: IFLR1000 2023
“Knowledgeable, professional, courteous and responsive.”
Asset Finance: IFLR1000 2023
Rory McPhillips is named a Next Generation Partner
Asset Finance: The European Legal 500 2023
"Rory McPhillips is efficient and very responsive."
Banking & Finance: Asset Finance: Chambers Global 2023
"Rory is an excellent lawyer and client manager. He is incredibly responsive and always happy to help no matter how big or small the query is. He has extensive knowledge not only in aviation leasing matters but also all things finance."
Asset Finance: IFLR1000 2022
Rory McPhillips is named as a Leading individual
Transport: European Legal 500 2022
“Super responsive, very user friendly, helpful and fun. We deal mainly with Yvonne McWeeney and Stuart Kennedy but also the team head Rory McPhillips. They are supported by good associates and the whole experience is always positive for us.”
Transport: European Legal 500 2022
Rory McPhillips is named a Highly Regarded Individual
Asset Finance: IFLR1000 2022
Rory McPhillips is named a next generation partner.
Asset Finance: The European Legal 500 2022
Rory McPhillips is named a Next Generation Partner
Transport: European Legal 500 2022
Rory McPhillips is "highly knowledgeable and has excellent understanding of corporate trustee requirements."
Asset Finance: The European Legal 500 2022
Rory McPhillips is "a highly articulate finance lawyer" who "is strong technically but also very practical and commercial in his advice."
Banking & Finance: Chambers Global 2022
"calm and knowledgeable."
Asset Finance: Chambers Europe 2021
‘Rory McPhillips is professional and patient when explaining The European Legal issues and always provides us with several paths to solve the problems.’
Asset Finance: The European Legal 500 2021
‘Rory McPhillips has great experience and the ability to find solutions.’
Asset Finance: The European Legal 500 2021
Rory McPhillips is named a next generation partner.
Asset Finance: The European Legal 500 2021
Rory McPhillips is named a next generation partner.
Transport: The European Legal 500 2021
Rory McPhillips is named a Highly Regarded Individual
Asset Finance: IFLR1000 2021
Rory McPhillips is recommended.
Transport: The European Legal 500 2020
Rory McPhillips is named a next generation partner.
Asset Finance The European Legal 500 2020
“Rory McPhillips is “highly responsive and provides commercially savvy advice”
Asset Finance: The European Legal 500 2020
“Rory McPhillips is extremely professional, proactive and responsive, and ensures delivery of high-quality services within short timescales.”
Asset Finance: The European Legal 500 2020
“Rory McPhillips certainly stands out for his knowledge, commerciality and ability to be responsive to issues as they develop throughout a transaction.”
Asset Finance: The European Legal 500 2020
Rory McPhillips is "thorough, very experienced and capable."
Banking and Finance: Chambers Global and Europe 2020
Rory McPhillips is named a Highly Regarded Individual
Asset Finance: IFLR1000 2020
Rory McPhillips is a growing presence on asset finance and asset-backed security mandates. Clients describe him as "very personable, easy to get on with and very responsive."
Banking and Finance: Chambers Global 2019
Rory McPhillips is named a Highly Regarded Individual
Asset Finance: IFLR1000 2019
Rory McPhillips is named a Next Generation Lawyer
Banking and Financial Services: European Legal 500 2018
“Excellent knowledge of the market, and now our business and how we do things. He is very supportive and solutions-based.”
Chambers Europe 2018
Rory McPhillips is "very personable to work with: very easy-going, very responsive to questions and he gives sound, sensible advice”.
Banking and Finance: Chambers Global and Europe 2018
Rory McPhillips is named a Highly Regarded Individual
Asset Finance: IFLR1000 2018
Rory McPhillips is Next Generation Partner.
Transport: The European Legal 500 2017
Rory McPhillips is named a next generation lawyer
Banking and Finance: The European Legal 500 2017
Rory McPhillips is named a Rising Star
Asset Finance: IFLR1000 2017
Rory McPhillips is recommended.
Banking and Finance: The European Legal 500 2016
Education
University College Dublin, Bachelor of Business and Legal Studies
Solicitor, Ireland
Solicitor, England and Wales (not practising)