Mr Richard Stock > Mayer Brown > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile

Praised for its ‘exceptional knowledge of the aviation sector’, Mayer Brown acts for major airlines and financiers in Asia on a range of mandates, from commercial aircraft and corporate jet financing to aircraft trading, with additional experience advising ship finance banks, lessors and insurance companies, shipowners, shipbuilders, charterers, pool operators and ship managers on the gamut of shipping finance matters. Richard Stock oversees the aviation finance group and advises on secured debt financings, as well as lease, finance lease and tax-driven lease issues. Evelyn Lok, who stands out for her expertise in aviation finance transactions, is another key contact in the group.

Acting on its own, as well as frequently alongside other international offices throughout the network, the ‘very experienced and professional’ Hong Kong team at Mayer Brown has ‘deep and specialised expertise on complex capital markets matters’, invariably with multi-jurisdictional components. Richard Stock is the main contact.

Well placed to leverage its international network, Mayer Brown’s workload includes a broad range of loan types, including sustainability financing and fund financing, with additional experience advising international banks on lending matters. Counting Chinese companies among its key roster of clients, the team is also noted for its expertise in syndicated financing. Richard Stock leads the practice, and is ably supported by Doos Choi, who advises on multi-jurisdictional, multi-tiered, full and limited recourse financings.

Overseen by Richard Stock in Hong Kong, Mayer Brown has a reputable banking and finance practice that advises local and international clients across a broad range of sectors. With strong capabilities in cross-border mandates, the group is experienced in a broad range of banking transactions and financings, and also has unique knowledge in ESG transactions. A key figure in the team is David Harrison in Ho Chi Minh City, who focuses on banking and finance and cross-border M&A mandates, and is a notable lawyer for foreign investors.

Mayer Brown‘s banking and finance team is headed by Richard Stock from Hong Kong, an aviation specialist with extensive experience of secured debt financings. The team additionally handles real estate finance matters, alongside leveraged and acquisition finance, bilateral and syndicated loans, fund finance and project finance. Doos Choi, in the Singapore office, is a go-to in the regional fund financing market.