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Provided by Xinfeng Zhang

Greater China Region

Practice Areas

Aviation finance, domestic and cross-border lending, acquisition finance, financial regulation

Career

Xinfeng (Elsa) Zhang is a banking and finance lawyer. She has extensive experience acting for financiers, lessors and airlines in all aspects of aircraft finance and lease (including cross-border direct lease, LILO, tax structured lease, sale and lease-back). Every year she represented clients in purchase, sale and financing of dozens of corporate jets and advised clients in related aircraft management contracts. She advised many foreign and domestic clients in airline default, bankruptcy restructuring and aircraft repossession. She also regularly represented clients in bilateral and syndicated loans, acquisition finance transactions, and financial regulatory matters. Xinfeng (Elsa) Zhang joined Han Kun in 2011. She worked in the legal & compliance department of Airbus for two years and re-joined Han Kun in 2017.

Professional Memberships

Member of the PRC Bar & Member of the New York State Bar

Languages Spoken

Chinese, English

Education

University of International Business and Economics

LL.B.

2006 - 2010

Cornell University

LL.M.

2010 - 2011

Awards

Highly Recommended Lawyer - Aviation: Finance

Chambers Greater China Region

2023

Highly Recommended Lawyer - Aviation: Finance

Chambers Global

2023

Rising Star-Banking and Financing

IFLR1000 China Awards

2022

List of foreign-related legal case experts

Beijing Lawyers Association

2023

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