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Demi Hueth
Demi Hueth
Senior Associate — Finance
Senior Associate — Finance

Demi Hueth

Demi Hueth
New York

The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036

Demi Hueth

Experience Highlights

  • PureWest Energy, LLC, a leading Rocky Mountain independent natural gas producer, in connection with the first-of-its-kind issuance of investment-grade rated subordinated notes out of two existing PDP well securitizations through an aggregator vehicle

  • Lenders in an innovative delayed-draw term loan secured by 35 end-of-life aircraft, with an accordion feature to finance an additional blind pool of aircraft subject to certain concentration limits and eligibility criteria

  • MUFG in an innovative term loan for end-of-life aircraft owned by Aero Capital Solutions

  • Castlelake Aviation Holdings (Ireland) Limited and its affiliates, in the acquisition of a portfolio of aircraft on lease to a South American airline and the conversion of a number of leases for freighter aircraft from operating leases to finance leases

  • Underwriter in SOLRR 2021-1, a $707 million aircraft-backed securitization serviced by Stratos and Altavair and the first aircraft ABS with two unaffiliated servicers

  • Sponsors and servicers on JOL Air 2019-1, the first aircraft-backed ABS combining a debt securitization with a Japanese operating lease structure; Recognized as “ABS Deal of the Year” by Airfinance Journal in 2019

  • Lead arrangers in the first-ever sustainability-linked loan with an airline in connection with the amendment to JetBlue’s existing $550 million senior secured revolving credit facility; Recognized as “North America Deal of the Year” by Airfinance Journal in 2020

  • Purchasers of a ratable instrument in the first “Lessor EETC” transaction, sponsored by Castlelake; Recognized as “Editor’s Deal of the Year” by Airfinance Journal in 2020

  • Sponsor in MAPS 2021-1, a $540 million aircraft-backed securitization serviced by Merx

  • Sponsor in MAPS 2018-1, a refinancing of a $507 million aircraft-backed securitization serviced by Merx; Recognized as “Aircraft Lessor Capital Markets Deal of the Year” by Global Transport Finance

  • Underwriters in CLAS 2019-1, an $868 million aircraft-backed securitization and equity offering serviced by Castlelake; Recognized as “Americas Capital Markets Deal of the Year” by Airline Economics in 2019

  • Sponsor in Silver 2019-1, a $548 million aircraft-backed securitization and equity offering serviced by BOC Aviation (Ireland) Limited

  • Underwriters in the START 2018-1, START 2019-1 and 2019-2 aircraft-backed securitizations and equity offerings serviced by GECAS; START 2018-1 was the first aircraft ABS that sold equity in a 144A/Reg S format and was recognized as “ABS Deal of the Year” by Airfinance Journal in 2018

  • Equity investors in Sapphire 2018-1, a $768 million aircraft-backed securitization serviced by Avolon

  • PureWest Energy, LLC, a leading Rocky Mountain independent natural gas producer, in connection with the first-of-its-kind issuance of investment-grade rated subordinated notes out of two existing PDP well securitizations through an aggregator vehicle

  • Investors in a securitized financing transaction and private placement of $162 million notes by a special purpose vehicle associated with an independent energy company, which included a combination of 8.243% Class A notes and 12.725% Class B notes offered and sold pursuant to Section 4(a)(2)

  • Terra Energy Holdings LLC in its securitization transaction consisting of a private placement of $525 million notes by Terra ABS I LLC

  • Investors in Diversified Energy Company PLC and Oaktree Capital Management’s joint ESG-aligned $460 million asset-backed securitization of certain co-owned producing natural gas and oil assets

  • Jonah Energy LLC, one of the leading sustainable natural gas producers in the U.S., in its inaugural securitized financing transaction involving $750 million of fully amortized notes backed by a portion of Jonah’s producing assets

  • White Deer Energy, on behalf of its portfolio company, Riverside Energy Michigan, the largest producer of oil and natural gas in Michigan, in a securitization transaction and private placement of $240 million of 4.802% Notes (due May 2027)

  • Lenders in an innovative delayed-draw term loan secured by 35 end-of-life aircraft, with an accordion feature to finance an additional blind pool of aircraft subject to certain concentration limits and eligibility criteria

  • MUFG in an innovative term loan for end-of-life aircraft owned by Aero Capital Solutions

  • Lenders in two innovative term loans for end-of-life aircraft for entities owned by Aero Capital Solutions

  • Aligned Data Centers in an approximately $3 billion term loan and revolving loan facility secured by undeveloped real property assets

  • New Pacific Airways, a start-up airline with transpacific operations, in multiple senior secured loans to finance acquisitions as it expands its fleet

  • RAVN Alaska, a regional airline operating in Alaska, in multiple aircraft acquisitions and back-leverage transactions

  • Arrangers and agent in a syndicated $300 million secured revolving loan facility for Spirit Airlines secured by aircraft, engines, spare parts, real estate and slots, gates and routes collateral

  • Arrangers and agent in a syndicated $550 million secured revolving loan facility for JetBlue Airways secured by aircraft, engines, spare parts, flight simulators and slots, gates and routes collateral

  • Arrangers and agent in a syndicated $250 million secured revolving loan facility for Atlas Air secured by aircraft and engines

  • Castlelake Aviation Holdings (Ireland) Limited and its affiliates, in the acquisition of a portfolio of aircraft on lease to a South American airline and the conversion of a number of leases for freighter aircraft from operating leases to finance leases

  • AerCap Ireland Limited and its affiliates in connection with the sale of a portfolio of 8 aircraft on lease to another leading leasing company

  • Castlelake in connection with the conversion of 6 leases with Tampa Cargo from operating leases to finance leases

  • Bank of America’s leasing platform with the sale of two aircraft on lease to WestJet to a leading leasing company

  • New Pacific Airways, a start-up airline with transpacific operations, in various aircraft purchase and lease transactions to grow its fleet

  • RAVN Alaska, a regional airline operating in Alaska, in multiple aircraft acquisitions and back-leverage transactions

  • Borrowers in a warehouse facility secured by aircraft for funds managed by Merx

  • Lenders in a warehouse facility secured by aircraft for Stellwagen

  • Lenders in a warehouse facility secured by aircraft for AerCap

  • Aircraft lessor in connection with its recapitalization

  • Purchasers in a $607 million Lessor EETC sponsored by Castlelake

  • Purchasers in a $109 million Lessor EETC sponsored by BBAM

  • Purchasers in an $89 million Lessor EETC sponsored by BBAM

  • Purchasers in a $182 million Lessor EETC sponsored by BBAM

  • Purchasers in a $482 million Lessor EETC sponsored by Altavair

  • Purchasers in a $482 million Lessor EETC sponsored by Castlelake

  • A multijurisdictional private equity vehicle focused on investment in secondaries managed by Morgan Stanley in connection with a $1 billion subscription credit facility

  • A multijurisdictional private equity vehicle focused on green investments managed by Morgan Stanley in connection with a €95 million subscription credit facility

  • A multijurisdictional private equity vehicle managed by Morgan Stanley in connection with a $150 million subscription credit facility

Credentials

  • New York University School of Law, J.D., 2016 (NYU Journal of Law & Business, Executive Editor)
  • University of Notre Dame, B.A. in Anthropology and German, 2010
  • Chambers USA, “Associates to Watch” in Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide), 2024
  • Selected to the Rising Stars list, Airfinance Journal, 2024
  • Legal 500 U.S., Transport: Aviation and Air Travel: Finance, 2023 and 2024
  • New York
  • German (proficient in spoken and written)