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About

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HFW has a pre-eminent global specialist aerospace practice, having been at the forefront of legal developments in this sector for more than three decades. Our team, one of the largest in the region, services clients drawn from across the breadth of the aerospace industry.

Within our Aerospace group, our Aviation Finance specialists are legal advisors to the world's leading lessors, banks and airlines.
We have a particularly strong focus on advising major lessors. We have specialist knowledge of lessor portfolio and warehouse financings, aircraft portfolio acquisitions and lease structuring. We also act for many financiers and airlines through out the region.

Chambers Review

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Aviation: Finance - Asia-Pacific Region

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

The aerospace finance team at HFW is noteworthy for acting in 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, and advises on aircraft trading deals. HFW assists clients with aircraft financing, leasing and restructuring matters.

Work Highlights

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

Strengths

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

Aviation: Finance respondent
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HFW are quite experienced in this industry and helpful in handling all the complicated cases.

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Notable Practitioners

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4
Justin Sun
4
Band 4

Justin Sun is highly visible in the market, and has notable expertise in asset finance and aircraft repossession matters, as well as in leasing matters, including JOLCO transactions. His expertise is regularly sought out by lessors.

Justin Sun has good commercial sense.

He is very experienced and understands the common law deal structure and market practice well. There is no question about his abilities.

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4
Ling Lui
4
Band 4

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

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Ranked Lawyers at
HFW

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Asia-Pacific Region

Aviation: Finance
4
Justin Sun
4
Band 4
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Ling Lui
4
Band 4
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Members

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David Brotherton

Head of Department

Justin Sun

Head of Department

Ling Lui

Shyamal Jeewoolall

Industries

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Aerospace & Defence

Banks, Private Clients/Individuals

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