Up and Coming
Provided by Whitney Chan
Whitney is a senior associate in HFW's Aerospace team in Hong Kong. She qualified in Hong Kong, England and Wales and the British Virgin Islands, and has experience in assisting aircraft leasing companies, airlines and financial institutions in a variety of commercial aviation matters.
Her key specialties include financing, leasing and trading for commercial aircraft. She has worked on new or used aircraft acquisitions for airlines, aircraft sale and lease back transactions and portfolio asset sales and novation. On the financing side, she has advised clients on complex transactions including warehouse facilities, Japanese operating lease with call option (JOLCOs), and aircraft portfolio financing transactions. She has also worked on aircraft operating leases, lease restructurings and P2F cargo leases. In addition to her broad commercial aircraft experience, she also works on the sale and purchase and financing of corporate jets.
Whitney is recommended for aviation finance in both Chambers and Legal 500. She is ranked “Associate to Watch” in the Chambers Greater China Guide 2025 for Aviation Finance (International Firms) and is described by her client as “commercially well-rounded” (Legal 500 Greater China Guide, 2025) and provides “Good delivery and client service” (Chambers, Greater China Guide, 2024).
Whitney is based in the Hong Kong office and is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
Provided by Chambers
Whitney Chan possesses notable experience in aviation finance matters. She ably assists clients with financing and leasing transactions.
Provided by Chambers
Whitney has clear logic and is very productive in her work too. I like her communication style the most. She is very efficient.
She is a very commercial lawyer and is very good at transactions, managing both parties' expectations. She is very good at closing deals. On important matters, she wouldn't let go.
Whitney has clear logic and is very productive in her work too. I like her communication style the most. She is very efficient.
She is a very commercial lawyer and is very good at transactions, managing both parties' expectations. She is very good at closing deals. On important matters, she wouldn't let go.