Chris Orozco-Wallraff

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Expertise

Chris focuses his practice on aviation transactions. A true specialist in the aviation industry, he has represented aircraft and engine owners, lessors, lessees, and operators in aircraft and engine leasing, trading, finance, maintenance, passenger-to-freighter conversion, and consignment agreements and related matters all over the world.

Chris has previous experience in aviation leasing and finance at Rimon Law, P.C., and Holland & Knight LLP, as well as experience as in-house legal counsel at International Lease Finance Corporation (now AerCap), a major lessor of commercial jet aircraft.

He speaks English, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese and Catalan.

Chris Advises

Parties across all sectors of the aviation industry, including:

  • Aircraft and Engine Owners and Lessors
  • Airlines and Other Aircraft and Engine Operators
  • Aircraft and Engine Maintenance and Repair Organizations

Experience Highlights

Aircraft and Engine Finance and Leasing (Latin America)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to a Mexican airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to a Brazilian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of two used Boeing 737-400F aircraft to a Brazilian airline
  • Representation of U.S. junior lender in its restructuring of a loan to a Brazilian airline for one used Airbus A320-200 aircraft on transfer of the aircraft to its Chilean parent airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 767-300ER aircraft to a Mexican airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of two new Boeing 787-8 aircraft to a Mexican airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of five used Airbus A319-100 aircraft to an Ecuadorian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-500 aircraft to a Bolivian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-500 aircraft to an Ecuadorian airline

Aircraft and Engine Finance and Leasing (Europe)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to a U.K. airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to an Irish lessee and sublease to an Irish airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used CFM56-3C1 engine to a Belgian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of three used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to a Belgian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to a Swedish airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of two used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to a Danish airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor on the servicing agreement with a German engine lessor for one used General Electric GE90-115B-SP engine
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Airbus A319-100 aircraft to an Italian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-800 aircraft to a Romanian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of two used Boeing 767-300ER aircraft to a French airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 757-200 aircraft to a Spanish airline

Aircraft and Engine Finance and Leasing (Middle East and Africa)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to an Emirati airline for operation by a Saudi Arabian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to a Tunisian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its finance lease of one used McDonnell Douglas MD-83 airframe to a South African airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its finance lease of one used Airbus A320-200 aircraft to a Congolese airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its finance lease of two used Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C engines to a South African airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its finance lease of one used McDonnell Douglas MD-82 airframe to a South African airline

Aircraft and Engine Finance and Leasing (Former USSR)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of two used Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4 engines to a Kazakhstani airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 757-200 aircraft to a Russian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400 aircraft to a Georgian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Airbus A321-200 aircraft to a Russian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-500 aircraft to a Georgian airline

Aircraft and Engine Finance and Leasing (Asia and Pacific)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-800SF aircraft to a Korean airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to an Irish airline and sublease to an Indian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in the unwind of a financing on the sale to a Japanese aircraft lessor of the beneficial interest in the charitable trust owning one used Boeing 737-800 aircraft leased to a U.S. airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Airbus A320-200 aircraft to a Lithuanian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of three new Boeing 737-800 aircraft to an Indonesian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of three used Airbus A320-200 aircraft to an Indonesian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-300 aircraft and one used Boeing 737-400 aircraft to an Indonesian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-700 aircraft to a Mongolian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of two used Boeing 737-400 aircraft to an Indonesian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of two used Boeing 737-800 aircraft to an Indian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of four new Boeing 737-800 aircraft to an Indonesian airline

Aircraft and Engine Finance and Leasing (North America)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-800 aircraft to a Canadian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its finance lease of one used Boeing 737-500 aircraft to a Canadian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its finance lease of one used Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C engine to a Curaçaoan airline

Aircraft and Engine Trading (Latin America)

  • Representation of an Irish aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Boeing 737-800 aircraft to another Irish aircraft lessor and assignment of the lease to a Mexican airline

Aircraft and Engine Trading (Europe)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Boeing 737-800 airframe to a Lithuanian maintenance provider
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Boeing 737-700 airframe to a Dutch company
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its purchase of one used Boeing 737-800 aircraft from another U.S. aircraft lessor and assignment of the lease to an Austrian airline
  • Representation of an Irish aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Airbus A320-200 airframe to a Dutch company
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its purchase of two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft from a Turkish airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C engine to an Irish aircraft lessor
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of two used Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C engines to an Irish aircraft lessor
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its purchase of one used CFM56-3C1 engine from a Norwegian maintenance facility

Aircraft and Engine Trading (Middle East and Africa)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Boeing 737-700 aircraft to an Iraqi airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Airbus A319-100 aircraft to an Irish aircraft lessor and novation of the lease to a South African airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft to a Kenyan airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft to a Kenyan airline

Aircraft and Engine Trading (Former USSR)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its purchase of the beneficial interest in the trust owning one used Boeing 757-200 aircraft from a U.S. financial institution, purchase of the lessor’s interest in the lease of such aircraft from a U.S. aircraft lessor, and novation of the lease to a Kazakhstani airline

Aircraft and Engine Trading (Asia and Pacific)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its purchase of one used Airbus A320-200 aircraft from another U.S. aircraft lessor and assignment of the lease to a Maldivian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its purchase of the membership interest in a California limited liability company owning one used Airbus A320-200 aircraft from another U.S. aircraft lessor and amendment of the lease to a Sri Lankan airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its purchase of one used Boeing 737-400 aircraft and the beneficial interest in the trust owning the aircraft from an Irish aircraft lessor and novation of the lease to a Thai airline
  • Representation of U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of the beneficial interest in a charitable trust owning one used Boeing 737-800 aircraft leased to a U.S. airline to a Japanese aircraft lessor
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C engine to an Australian aircraft lessor

Aircraft and Engine Trading (North America)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of two used CFM56-7B24 engines to another U.S. aircraft lessor
  • Representation of a U.S. engine manufacturer in its sale of one used IAE V2500 engine to a U.S. aircraft lessor
  • Representation of an Irish aircraft lessor in its sale of two used IAE V2527-A5 engines to a U.S. airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Boeing 737-700 aircraft to another U.S. aircraft lessor and amendment of the lease to a U.S. airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Airbus A320-200 aircraft to another U.S. aircraft lessor
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used McDonnell Douglas MD-11F aircraft to a U.S. part-out house
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft to a Curaçaoan airline

 

Career History

Previous Legal Experience

  • Rimon, P.C.
  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • International Lease Finance Corporation (now AerCap Holdings N.V.)
  • Kaye Scholer LLP (now Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Education

  • Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., 2007
  • University of Southern California, B.A., Linguistics and Russian, 1993

Bar Admissions

  • California, 2008
  • District of Columbia, 2015
  • New York (pending)

Expertise

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Chris focuses his practice on aviation transactions. A true specialist in the aviation industry, he has represented aircraft and engine owners, lessors, lessees, and operators in aircraft and engine leasing, trading, finance, maintenance, passenger-to-freighter conversion, and consignment agreements and related matters all over the world.

Chris has previous experience in aviation leasing and finance at Rimon Law, P.C., and Holland & Knight LLP, as well as experience as in-house legal counsel at International Lease Finance Corporation (now AerCap), a major lessor of commercial jet aircraft.

He speaks English, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese and Catalan.

Chris Advises

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Parties across all sectors of the aviation industry, including:

  • Aircraft and Engine Owners and Lessors
  • Airlines and Other Aircraft and Engine Operators
  • Aircraft and Engine Maintenance and Repair Organizations

Experience Highlights

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Aircraft and Engine Finance and Leasing (Latin America)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to a Mexican airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to a Brazilian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of two used Boeing 737-400F aircraft to a Brazilian airline
  • Representation of U.S. junior lender in its restructuring of a loan to a Brazilian airline for one used Airbus A320-200 aircraft on transfer of the aircraft to its Chilean parent airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 767-300ER aircraft to a Mexican airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of two new Boeing 787-8 aircraft to a Mexican airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of five used Airbus A319-100 aircraft to an Ecuadorian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-500 aircraft to a Bolivian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-500 aircraft to an Ecuadorian airline

Aircraft and Engine Finance and Leasing (Europe)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to a U.K. airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to an Irish lessee and sublease to an Irish airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used CFM56-3C1 engine to a Belgian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of three used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to a Belgian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to a Swedish airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of two used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to a Danish airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor on the servicing agreement with a German engine lessor for one used General Electric GE90-115B-SP engine
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Airbus A319-100 aircraft to an Italian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-800 aircraft to a Romanian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of two used Boeing 767-300ER aircraft to a French airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 757-200 aircraft to a Spanish airline

Aircraft and Engine Finance and Leasing (Middle East and Africa)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to an Emirati airline for operation by a Saudi Arabian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to a Tunisian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its finance lease of one used McDonnell Douglas MD-83 airframe to a South African airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its finance lease of one used Airbus A320-200 aircraft to a Congolese airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its finance lease of two used Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C engines to a South African airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its finance lease of one used McDonnell Douglas MD-82 airframe to a South African airline

Aircraft and Engine Finance and Leasing (Former USSR)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of two used Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4 engines to a Kazakhstani airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 757-200 aircraft to a Russian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400 aircraft to a Georgian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Airbus A321-200 aircraft to a Russian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-500 aircraft to a Georgian airline

Aircraft and Engine Finance and Leasing (Asia and Pacific)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-800SF aircraft to a Korean airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-400SF aircraft to an Irish airline and sublease to an Indian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in the unwind of a financing on the sale to a Japanese aircraft lessor of the beneficial interest in the charitable trust owning one used Boeing 737-800 aircraft leased to a U.S. airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Airbus A320-200 aircraft to a Lithuanian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of three new Boeing 737-800 aircraft to an Indonesian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of three used Airbus A320-200 aircraft to an Indonesian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-300 aircraft and one used Boeing 737-400 aircraft to an Indonesian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-700 aircraft to a Mongolian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of two used Boeing 737-400 aircraft to an Indonesian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of two used Boeing 737-800 aircraft to an Indian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of four new Boeing 737-800 aircraft to an Indonesian airline

Aircraft and Engine Finance and Leasing (North America)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its lease of one used Boeing 737-800 aircraft to a Canadian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its finance lease of one used Boeing 737-500 aircraft to a Canadian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its finance lease of one used Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C engine to a Curaçaoan airline

Aircraft and Engine Trading (Latin America)

  • Representation of an Irish aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Boeing 737-800 aircraft to another Irish aircraft lessor and assignment of the lease to a Mexican airline

Aircraft and Engine Trading (Europe)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Boeing 737-800 airframe to a Lithuanian maintenance provider
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Boeing 737-700 airframe to a Dutch company
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its purchase of one used Boeing 737-800 aircraft from another U.S. aircraft lessor and assignment of the lease to an Austrian airline
  • Representation of an Irish aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Airbus A320-200 airframe to a Dutch company
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its purchase of two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft from a Turkish airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C engine to an Irish aircraft lessor
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of two used Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C engines to an Irish aircraft lessor
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its purchase of one used CFM56-3C1 engine from a Norwegian maintenance facility

Aircraft and Engine Trading (Middle East and Africa)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Boeing 737-700 aircraft to an Iraqi airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Airbus A319-100 aircraft to an Irish aircraft lessor and novation of the lease to a South African airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft to a Kenyan airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft to a Kenyan airline

Aircraft and Engine Trading (Former USSR)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its purchase of the beneficial interest in the trust owning one used Boeing 757-200 aircraft from a U.S. financial institution, purchase of the lessor’s interest in the lease of such aircraft from a U.S. aircraft lessor, and novation of the lease to a Kazakhstani airline

Aircraft and Engine Trading (Asia and Pacific)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its purchase of one used Airbus A320-200 aircraft from another U.S. aircraft lessor and assignment of the lease to a Maldivian airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its purchase of the membership interest in a California limited liability company owning one used Airbus A320-200 aircraft from another U.S. aircraft lessor and amendment of the lease to a Sri Lankan airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its purchase of one used Boeing 737-400 aircraft and the beneficial interest in the trust owning the aircraft from an Irish aircraft lessor and novation of the lease to a Thai airline
  • Representation of U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of the beneficial interest in a charitable trust owning one used Boeing 737-800 aircraft leased to a U.S. airline to a Japanese aircraft lessor
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C engine to an Australian aircraft lessor

Aircraft and Engine Trading (North America)

  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of two used CFM56-7B24 engines to another U.S. aircraft lessor
  • Representation of a U.S. engine manufacturer in its sale of one used IAE V2500 engine to a U.S. aircraft lessor
  • Representation of an Irish aircraft lessor in its sale of two used IAE V2527-A5 engines to a U.S. airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Boeing 737-700 aircraft to another U.S. aircraft lessor and amendment of the lease to a U.S. airline
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used Airbus A320-200 aircraft to another U.S. aircraft lessor
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used McDonnell Douglas MD-11F aircraft to a U.S. part-out house
  • Representation of a U.S. aircraft lessor in its sale of one used McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft to a Curaçaoan airline

 

Career History

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Previous Legal Experience

  • Rimon, P.C.
  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • International Lease Finance Corporation (now AerCap Holdings N.V.)
  • Kaye Scholer LLP (now Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Education

  • Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., 2007
  • University of Southern California, B.A., Linguistics and Russian, 1993

Bar Admissions

  • California, 2008
  • District of Columbia, 2015
  • New York (pending)