STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Voyager Aviation Holdings, LLC (VAH) announced today that Lisa McCarthy has joined VAH as its General Counsel. Ms. McCarthy brings 15 years of legal counsel experience in aviation financing and leasing to VAH. Most recently, Ms. McCarthy was with the law firm of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in New York, with her focus on aircraft finance matters. Prior to this role, she served as the General Counsel of Global Jet Capital, Inc. While there, Ms. McCarthy had an expansive focus on international aircraft leasing transactions. At the start of her aviation career, Ms. McCarthy was the Senior Counsel for the Corporate Aircraft division at GE Capital with her concentration primarily on domestic aircraft financing.
Mike Lungariello, President and CEO of VAH commented, “Over the past year, VAH has strengthened its balance sheet and financial position. We also continue to not only strengthen our existing customer partnerships but are expanding our global customer footprint. Ms. McCarthy’s legal counsel experience in global aviation finance and leasing transactions will be invaluable as it will further help us to manage and facilitate this new stage of growth as we strengthen and add to our global customer base. We couldn’t be more pleased with her background and experience.”
Ms. McCarthy commented, “I am very excited about the opportunity to join VAH. I look forward to tapping into my specialized legal counsel experience in global aviation financing and leasing transactions to help facilitate this growth and help VAH support both existing and new customer partnerships.”
About VAH:
VAH is a privately held aviation investment firm and commercial aircraft leasing company based in Ireland. Its assets of approximately $2 billion consist primarily of young and modern aircraft.
The Company has a global customer base of prominent airlines that includes Air France, Breeze Airways, Cebu Pacific, ITA, Philippine Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, and Turkish Airlines.