Norton Rose Fulbright

Edward Bentley is an aviation lawyer based in Singapore.

Edward has over half a decade of experience in Asia, and is recognized as a “leading associate” in our Tier 1 ranked “asset finance: foreign firms – Singapore” practice.

Edward regularly advises airlines, lessors, banks and export credit agencies on cross-border portfolio sales, operating leases, sale and leaseback transactions, purchase orders and financing and leasing structures and has advised on a number of award winning aviation transactions.

Legal500 Asia Pacific 2025 and 2024 client testimonials:

 'Edward Bentley is great, diligent and thorough. He works hard and manages time-sensitive and complex matters for us, providing efficient and clear advice and management.' ‘I am very impressed by the professionalism Edward Bentley continued to show throughout the transaction. He was always reachable, and he clearly understood the commercial aspects of the transaction.' 'Edward was collaborative and understood all nuances of the transaction. He was very prompt in his responses and worked very efficiently which led to a successful closing of the transaction in a short timeframe. He is a well-rounded lawyer and is easy to work with.' ‘Edward Bentley is an up and coming senior associate in NRF who worked tirelessly on a recent transaction to facilitate an important year end closing. Ed was very commercial and extremely responsive.' ‘Ed in particular is really professional, very smart, hardworking and careful, you can trust him to get all the details through accurately and diligently which takes the burden off in-house counsel’