William Ho
Global Guide 2024
Eminent Practitioners : Aviation: Finance
Eminent Practitioners
About
Provided by William Ho
Practice Areas
William Ho is a Senior Consultant in the Assets and Structured Finance Group based in Hong Kong.
William specialises in aircraft finance and leasing. He has considerable expertise across a broad range of aviation transactions including export credits, tax leases, operating leases and sale and purchase of aircraft portfolios. His experience covers a variety of structures including Japanese operating leases, French tax leases, European ECA- and US Exim-backed aircraft financing, pre-delivery financing and Chinese domestic leases. William also has extensive experience in private jet transactions.
Career
William is the founder of Hong Kong Aircraft Leasing and Aviation Finance Association and works closely with the Hong Kong Government in improving the concessionary tax regime for aircraft leasing in Hong Kong.
William has advised on a number of award-winning deals and is recognised as a Band 1 Aviation Finance lawyer in Chambers Asia Pacific 2021 and a Band 2 Aviation Finance lawyer in Chambers Global.
Chambers Asia Pacific describes him as a “most seasoned and experienced lawyer” in the Chinese and wider Asia aviation finance space.
Chambers Review
Global
William Ho offers expert advice on aircraft portfolio sale and leaseback transactions, with a strong client base among domestic Chinese clients.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"William is definitely the most experienced and professional among legal counsels we have worked with. He provided many helpful insights and suggestions."
"He is a very senior figure in the industry."
"William is definitely the most experienced and professional among legal counsels we have worked with. He provided many helpful insights and suggestions."
"He is a very senior figure in the industry."