AerCap Global Aviation Trust
AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC
March 1, 2024
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No opinion is expressed herein with respect to the requirements of, or compliance with, federal or state securities or blue sky laws. Further, we express no opinion on the sufficiency or accuracy of any registration or offering documentation relating to the Trust or the Company. As to any facts material to our opinion, other than those assumed, we have relied, without independent investigation, on the above referenced documents and on the accuracy, as of the date hereof, of the factual matters therein contained. In addition, we note that each of the Transaction Documents is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware and, for purposes of our opinions set forth below, we have assumed that the Transaction Documents will be interpreted in accordance with the plain meaning of the written terms thereof as such terms would be interpreted as a matter of Delaware law and we express no opinion with respect to any legal standards or concepts under any laws other than those of the State of Delaware.
Based on and subject to the foregoing and to the exceptions and qualifications set forth below, and limited in all respects to matters of Delaware law, it is our opinion that:
1. The Trust is a duly formed and validly existing statutory trust in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
2. The Company is a duly formed and validly existing limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
3. The Trust has requisite statutory trust power and authority under the Trust Agreement and the Delaware Trust Act to (a) execute and deliver the Transaction Documents and perform its obligations thereunder and (b) execute, deliver and issue the Exchange Notes and perform its obligations thereunder.
4. The Company has requisite limited liability company power and authority under the Company Agreement and the Delaware LLC Act to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and perform its obligations thereunder, including without limitation, granting the Guarantee, and performing its obligations thereunder.
5. The Trust has taken all requisite statutory trust action under the laws of the State of Delaware to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Trust, including without limitation, the issuance of the Exchange Notes, and the execution, delivery and performance of the Exchange Notes by the Trust, and each of the Transaction Documents has been duly executed and delivered by the Trust.
6. The Company has taken all requisite limited liability company action under the laws of the State of Delaware to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including without limitation, the granting and performance of the Guarantee by the Company, and the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the heading “LEGAL MATTERS” in the prospectus