EXHIBIT 8.1
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July 31, 2025
World Omni Auto Leasing LLC
World Omni LT
250 Jim Moran Blvd.
Deerfield Beach, Florida 33442
Re: | World Omni Auto Leasing LLC |
World Omni LT | |
Registration Statement on Form SF-3 | |
Registration Nos. 333- and 333- |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special federal tax counsel to World Omni Auto Leasing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), in connection with the above-captioned registration statement (such registration statement, together with the exhibits and any amendments thereto, the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), in connection with the registration by the Company of Asset-Backed Notes (the “Notes”). As described in the Registration Statement, the Notes will be issued from time to time in series, with each series being issued by a statutory trust (each, a “Trust”), to be formed by the Company pursuant to a trust agreement between the Company and a trustee. Each series of Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture (each, an “Indenture”), among the related Trust, a financial institution acting as indenture trustee, and a financial institution acting as account bank. Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Registration Statement.
In that regard, we are generally familiar with the proceedings taken or required to be taken in connection with the proposed authorization, issuance and sale of any series of Notes and have examined and relied upon copies of such statutes, documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion, including the Registration Statement and, in each case as filed as an exhibit to the Registration
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Statement, the form of Underwriting Agreement, the form of Indenture (including the form of Notes included as an exhibit thereto), the form of Trust Agreement, the form of Exchange Note Supplement, the form of Exchange Note Sale Agreement, the form of Exchange Note Transfer Agreement, the form of Servicing Supplement, the form of Administration Agreement and the form of Asset Representations Review Agreement (collectively, the “Operative Documents”).
The opinion set forth herein is based upon the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Treasury regulations promulgated and proposed thereunder, current positions of the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) contained in published Revenue Rulings and Revenue Procedures, current administrative positions of the IRS and existing judicial decisions. No tax rulings will be sought from the IRS with respect to any of the matters discussed herein. The statutory provisions, regulations and interpretations on which our opinions are based are subject to change, which changes could apply retroactively. In addition, there can be no assurance that positions contrary to those stated in our opinion may not be taken by the IRS.
Based on the foregoing and assuming that the Operative Documents with respect to each series are executed and delivered in substantially the form we have examined and that the transactions contemplated to occur under the Operative Documents in fact occur in accordance with the terms thereof, to the extent that the statements set forth in the Prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement (to the extent they relate to U.S. federal income tax consequences) under the headings “Summary of Terms—Tax Status” and “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” constitute matters of U.S federal income tax law or legal conclusions with respect thereto relating to U.S. federal income tax matters, and to the extent such statements expressly state our opinions or state that our opinion has been or will be provided as to the Notes, we hereby confirm and adopt the opinions set forth therein (subject to the qualifications, assumptions, limitations and exceptions set forth therein).
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World Omni Auto Leasing LLC
World Omni LT
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We know that we are referred to under the captions referred to above included in the Registration Statement, and we hereby consent to the use of our name therein and to the use of this opinion for filing with the Registration Statement as Exhibit 8.1 thereto, without admitting that we are “experts” within the meaning of the Act, or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this exhibit.
Sincerely, | |
/s/ Mayer Brown LLP | |
Mayer Brown LLP |