Mark J. Ditto

Mark Ditto advises operating lessors, finance companies, private equity firms, hedge funds and other institutional clients in structuring, negotiating and closing high-value equipment and transportation finance transactions worldwide.

Regarded as a leader in his field, Mark provides strategic, business-focused counsel across a range of asset classes and financing structures. Mark’s practice encompasses commercial aviation finance, general equipment leasing and finance, global transportation finance, joint ventures, cross-border leases, offshore platforms and Export Credit Agency (ECA) financings. He brings a breadth of experience in capital markets offerings, including Rule 144A and Regulation S transactions and asset securitizations, including those with syndicated equity. Clients benefit from Mark’s market knowledge, efficiency and practical approach in managing risk while advancing their business objectives.

His experience extends to structured financings involving a wide array of assets and receivables, including automobile and student loans, credit card and mortgage receivables, forward-flow financings and trade receivables. He counsels clients on servicing and management agreements, consignment arrangements, tax-based corporate structuring, and general corporate and securities matters. Mark has also handled transactions in the IT, healthcare, manufacturing, chemical, and raw material sectors.

Experience 

• Guided Air T, Inc. in its formation of a new aircraft asset management business, Crestone Air Partners, and a new aircraft capital joint venture, Contrail JV II LLC, with over $400 million in committed equity capital.
• Represented Stonebriar Commercial Finance, as sponsor, originator and servicer, in all 13 of the equipment ABS transactions the company has executed to date, totaling more than $10 billion in issued notes. The underlying contracts are collateralized as essential use assets in a variety of industries, including aircraft, marine, rail, medical, energy and manufacturing equipment.
• Advised a major information technology company on a $3.5 billion finance leasing arrangement of IT equipment and the related interparty agreements with a syndicate of banks, the client’s customer and a leading provider of AI services.
• Advised a major private equity firm in a forward-flow transaction with a prominent asset manager and in the corresponding warehouse financing facility to facilitate investment across a broad spectrum of general equipment assets.
• Acted for Crestone Air Partners, a full-service aviation asset management platform, in its acquisition of 11 Boeing 757 aircraft on lease to Condor Flugdienst GmbH, which comprised Condor’s entire fleet of freighter aircraft.
• Represented Blue Owl Asset Leasing Fund and its affiliates, as sponsor, originator and servicer, in its inaugural securitization transaction, issuing $286.5 million in asset-backed notes secured by a pool of equipment loans and leases extended to borrowers and lessees in the manufacturing, healthcare equipment and IT hardware sectors.