Ge Tan

Practice Areas

JUDY TAN’S MAJOR PRACTICE AREAS INCLUDE BANKING AND FINANCE (WITH FOCUS ON AVIATION FINANCE AND LEASING), ALL MATTERS IN RELATION TO THE AVIATION SECTOR.

Judy has developed an in-depth expertise in aviation finance and leasing, where she advises domestic and international financial institutions, leasing companies, airlines, logistics and transportation enterprises, etc. Judy has participated in various sale and purchase, disposal, financing and leasing of aircraft, simulators, engines and other aviation equipment. These transactions involve various types of aircraft (including Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, corporate jet and helicopters) and simulators, engines and various types of aviation equipment.

Judy regularly advises domestic and international financial institutions on all types of aircraft leasing and financing arrangements, including structured leasing and financing arrangements covering PDP financing, operating lease, finance lease, sale and lease back, aircraft asset backed securitization, PRC domestic tax leases, Japanese operating lease (JOL), French tax leases, ECA-backed financing, US Ex-Im financing, etc. Judy also advises on the sale, purchase and management of corporate jet.

Career

Before joining Fangda Partners, Judy has worked at a prominent PRC law firm. Judy has also worked at Civil Aviation Administration of China and Hong Kong offices of several elite international law firms.

Professional Memberships

Arbitrator, China Maritime Arbitration Commission

Arbitrator, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration

Director, China Air Law Society, China Law Society

Personal

Honors and Awards

Band 1 Lawyer, Chambers and Partners Global 2023: Aviation Finance

Band 1 Lawyer, Chambers and Partners Greater China Region 2023: Aviation Finance

Band 1 Lawyer, Chambers and Partners Global 2022: Aviation Finance

Band 1 Lawyer, Chambers and Partners Greater China Region 2022: Aviation Finance

Band 1 Lawyer, Chambers and Partners Global 2021: Aviation Finance

Band 1 Lawyer, Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific 2021: Aviation Finance

Top 15 Transaction Lawyers, LEGALBAND 2021

Highly Regarded Lawyer, IFLR1000 2021

Women Leaders, IFLR1000 2021

China’s Elite 100 Lawyers, China Business Law Journal 2020

Top 15 Women Lawyers, Asian Legal Business 2019

Best Finance Lease, Air Finance Journal 2018

International Partnership Award in the 7th China Air Finance Wan Hoo Awards

Languages Spoken

-Mandarin

-English

-Cantonese

Education

Experience

-Represented Natixis in the French tax lease transaction involving nearly thirty aircraft. – Best Finance Lease, Air Finance Journal 2018.

-Represented ECAs, Natixis and syndicated lenders from Japan in the first JPY LIBOR to TORF transition transaction in relation to a PRC airline involving six ECA financed aircraft.

-Represented The Export-Import Bank of China on the cross-border financing transaction involving aircraft leased under Irish structure.

-Represented The Export-Import Bank of China on the loan facility to borrowers established in Guangzhou Nansha Free Trade Zone, which is the first USD SOFR loan facility in the aviation financing.

-Represented a top PRC financial leasing company on the finance lease of COMAC aircraft involving domestic airlines.

-Represented CMB Financial Leasing on a series of financing lease involving five aircraft.

-Represented China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited（1848.HK） on a series of aircraft portfolios trading involving nearly twenty aircraft.

-Represented various PRC airlines on purchase of hundreds of A319/A320/A321/A330 aircraft.

-Represented a PRC airline on a series of sale and lease back transactions involving more than forty used aircraft.

-Represented a PRC airline on maintenance, purchase of engines and APUs, and total care arrangements for its fleet involving CFM, IAE, Rolls-Royce, Honeywell and other OEMs and MROs.

-Represented a PRC airline on the operating lease transactions involving new Airbus and Boeing aircraft.