Aviation: Finance

The aerospace finance team at HFW is noteworthy for acting on a number of cross-border financing transactions from its Singapore and Hong Kong offices, often involving jurisdictions such as Australia, Malaysia, China, Indonesia and the Philippines. It receives frequent instructions from leasing companies, financiers and airlines. The team is also noted for its ability to handle significant portfolio transactions. It is increasingly active in the PRC market, advising on aircraft trading deals. HFW assists clients with aircraft financing, leasing and restructuring matters.

"HFW offers very productive advice on complex deals. We rate them highly for their responsiveness."

"HFW are quite experienced in this industry and helpful in handling all the complicated cases."

HFW advised Fly Meta Leasing on an operating lease agreement with AerCap regarding four Boeing B777 aircraft.

Justin Sun is highly visible in the market, with notable expertise in asset finance and aircraft repossession matters, as well as leasing matters, including JOLCO transactions. His expertise is regularly sought out by lessors. "He is very experienced and understands the common law deal structure and market practice well. There is no question about his abilities." "Justin Sun has good commercial sense."

Lui Ling frequently supports lenders with finance and security documents and is able to advise on multi-jurisdictional transactions.