Michael Clare

Michael Clare is a senior associate in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office and is a member of the Corporate and Equipment Finance Group, with a focus on commercial aircraft finance. Michael represents operating lessors, borrowers, lenders, initial purchasers, arrangers, private equity investors, and airlines in connection with a broad spectrum of international financial and corporate transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures, domestic and cross-border secured and unsecured financings, leveraged leasing, structured financings, restructurings, and credit enhancements in the US and around the globe.  

He has extensive experience in a wide variety of aircraft and other structured equipment financings, including representing clients in aircraft acquisitions and dispositions; domestic and cross-border leveraged lease transactions; syndicated credit facilities; pre-delivery payment and warehouse facilities; and joint venture transactions.

Michael has significant experience in various other aspects of transportation finance and joined Hughes Hubbard in 2021 from Blank Rome LLP where he was a member of the Maritime Group. His practice focused on commercial maritime finance matters for clients spanning the commercial maritime industry, and included financing transactions such as, vessel secured credit facilities, lease financing transactions involving vessels, and vessel sale and purchase transactions both domestically and around the globe with a particular expertise in Jones Act financing matters. 

Michael was recognized in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, Ones to Watch, Transportation Law, listed in Best Lawyers in America©.