Shyamal Jeewoolall
About Shyamal
Shyamal is a Partner based in our Dubai office specialising in asset and structured finance. Shyamal has extensive experience of advising a wide range of clients in the aviation industry including airlines, aircraft leasing companies, banks and financiers. He has acted for clients in relation to a broad range of aircraft finance transactions including pre-delivery financings, export credit backed financings, commercial debt financings, tax-based cross border financings, Islamic financings, repossession of distressed assets and restructurings. Shyamal also advised on numerous operating leasings, sale and lease-back transactions and in the sale and purchase of aircraft and other major assets, including aircraft and engine purchase contracts.
He has contributed to the Aviation Finance & Leasing chapter of Getting The Deal Through edition 541.
Shyamal also works closely with other members of HFW’s jets and helicopters team, providing market-leading advice across jets, helicopters and general business aviation in financing, sale and purchase, leasing, regulation, insurance, contingency planning, emergency response and dispute resolution.
Shyamal first qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and as an Avocat à la Cour d’Appel de Paris.
What the market says about Shyamal
Shyamal is ranked by Legal 500 EMEA 2023 in Banking and Finance: Corporate Finance (Including Islamic Lending) who say he “has extensive experience advising on aviation finance transactions”
Shyamal is also listed as a Global Elite Thought Leader in Aviation Finance in the Lexology Index 2025.