Avolon Holdings, the Dublin-based airliner lessor slating a New York Stock Exchange IPO, is working with FTI Consulting for communications support in the US and abroad.
Avolon, launched by private equity funding in 2010, operates a $5.3B, 227-aircraft fleet across 27 countries with offices in Shanghai, Dubai, Singapore and Stamford, Conn. Revenue for 2013 was $450M with $112.8M in net income.
The company filed Dec. 1 for a 13.6M-share IPO worth up to $314M, which would value the company at around $1.8B.
FTI managing director Hugh Barker reps Avolon stateside, while MD Jonathan Neilan in Dublin handles the international press.
The Wall Street Journal called the offering a "test of investor appetite for stocks with exposure to declining oil prices" as the falling global price of oil has sent airline stocks soaring and raised concerns of a bubble in aircraft orders.
China's sovereign wealth fund CIC, along with state-owned defense company AVIC, scuttled talks to acquire Avolon in October.
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