Castlelake secured commitments for over $1 billion of aviation financing in a term loan facility to support its continued investment in and acquisition of aviation assets. Commitments for the term loan facility were provided by Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas and MUFG. read more

SEP 26, 2024 - 6:24 am

Castlelake has entered into a sale-purchase agreement with Avolon for the sale of a $5 billion, 118-aircraft portfolio held by Castlelake Aviation. read more

SEP 16, 2024 - 6:18 am

Castlelake, an alternative investment manager, fully repaid Castlelake Aircraft Securitization Trust 2015-1R, an aircraft-backed securitization originally issued by Castlelake in 2015 and refinanced in 2019. read more

MAR 1, 2023 - 7:15 am

Castlelake announced the creation of a Bermuda-licensed reinsurance company, Itasca Re Limited (Itasca Re), to offer insurance financing solutions to buyers and owners of commercial aircraft assets. read more

JAN 17, 2023 - 7:10 am

Castlelake announced it has completed the financing of a loan to United Airlines through its aviation lending program. The loan is secured by four Boeing 2020 Vintage 787-9 aircraft, which have an appraised aircraft value of more than $540 million. read more

JAN 13, 2023 - 7:22 am

Castlelake, a global alternative investment firm with about 17 years of experience investing in, financing and managing aviation assets, deployed $100 million through two new transactions in its aviation lending program. read more

OCT 21, 2022 - 7:08 am

Castlelake and Aequum Capital entered a partnership to establish a new commercial lending platform for the origination and servicing of senior asset-backed loans to small and medium-sized businesses in the United States. read more

JUL 29, 2022 - 7:26 am

Castlelake reached an agreement to provide up to $155 million in fleet financing to Voyager Global Mobility for the acquisition of more than 3,200 vehicles for rideshare, car-share and micro-mobility driver-subscribers in the United States and Latin America. read more

JUN 29, 2022 - 7:35 am

Castlelake and Chesswood Group entered an agreement for the forward purchase of diversified equipment loan and lease receivables originated by Chesswood subsidiaries Pawnee Leasing and Tandem Finance. read more

MAR 17, 2022 - 5:55 am

Castlelake expanded its lending team, adding Wilhelm Steinmark, Fouad Onbargi, Chris Turner, Brian Banschick and Ricardo De Armas in various roles related to structured credit and capital markets. read more

NOV 24, 2021 - 6:23 am

Castlelake, an alternative investment firm and provider of aircraft investing, leasing and servicing, created Castlelake Aviation Limited, a corporate lessor of commercial aircraft that will finance a portfolio of modern aircraft. read more

SEP 30, 2021 - 6:33 am

Castlelake Aircraft Structured Trust 2017-1R priced its $315 million Class A notes, $75 million Class B notes and $60 million Class C notes. Castlelake plans to use the net proceeds of the offering to refinance the existing Castlelake Aircraft Structured Trust 2017-1 transaction. read more

JUL 26, 2021 - 6:54 am

Castlelake, an alternative investment manager with 15 years of experience financing and managing aviation assets, provided a loan package to Turkish Airlines secured by three new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft and one new 737 MAX 9 aircraft. read more

JUL 12, 2021 - 6:21 am

Kroll Bond Rating Agency assigned preliminary ratings to two classes of notes issued by Castlelake Aircraft Structured Trust 2021-1, an aviation ABS transaction. This transaction represents Castlelake’s seventh aircraft portfolio transaction, each of which were rated by KBRA. read more

JAN 21, 2021 - 6:48 am

Castlelake, a global private investment firm with 15 years of tenure financing and managing aviation assets, entered a partnership with Boeing and Boeing Capital to provide financing solutions to commercial aircraft customers for new commercial aircraft deliveries. read more

DEC 3, 2020 - 6:57 am