Gary Eakins

senior Advisor

Gary has over 30 years of experience as an attorney and aviation industry professional within the domestic and international commercial aviation industry. He has extensive experience in aircraft finance and leasing, aircraft trading, aircraft maintenance repair and overhaul, and in risk management structuring and managing corporate and aviation insurance programs. Gary has negotiated and documented a wide variety of aircraft and corporate finance transactions both in the United States and in foreign jurisdictions. He has managed legal, risk management and contract departments as Vice President and General Counsel at Aviation Sales Company, Southern Air Transport, Inc., Erickson Air Crane, Rotable Asset Management, LLC and AerSale, Inc. Gary most recently served as Vice President-General Counsel of Aviation Technical Services. He has also served as Senior Corporate Counsel at Northwest Airlines, Inc., Aviation Counsel and Director of Marketing (Asia- Pacific) at Polaris Aircraft Leasing Corporation, Director Legal and Structured Finance at Guggenheim Aviation Partners and Guggenheim Aero Finance Company and Legal Counsel to the Garrett Corporation. Gary began his career in Los Angeles as an associate at O’Melveny & Myers, a major international law firm. He is a member of the California Bar, and received an LL.B Honors from Leeds University in England and an LL.M from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Gary is an active general aviation pilot with a commercial certificate and instrument and multi-engine ratings.