Paul Greenwell > Clifford Chance > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile

Clifford Chance
27TH FLOOR JARDINE HOUSE
ONE CONNAUGHT PLACE
HONG KONG
Hong Kong

Position

Paul Greenwell specialises in asset and structured finance, in particular, in relation to the PRC and Japanese markets, and has extensive experience acting for financiers (debt and equity) and lessors in all aspects of aircraft finance and leasing including limited recourse and structured financing, commercial debt financing (including syndicated lending), securitisation of receivables, export credit financing, portfolio transactions (including multi-aircraft purchases and lease novations), corporate acquisitions and disposals, sale and leasebacks, tax leases, finance leases, operating leases, leasing joint ventures and airline defaults, insolvencies and restructurings and aircraft repossession.

Career

Admitted as a solicitor in Victoria 1994, NSW 1996, England & Wales 1999
Joined Clifford Chance 2001
Clifford Chance Tokyo 2001
Clifford Chance Hong Kong since 2007
Partner since 2011

Lawyer Rankings

Hong Kong > Asset finance (including aviation and shipping finance)

(Leading individuals: Aviation Finance)

Paul GreenwellClifford Chance

Praised for its ‘deep experience’, Clifford Chance counts banks, financial institutions, lessors, and investors among its key roster of clients and is noted for its demonstrable capability in handling aviation finance deals. Commended for his ‘exceptional knowledge’, Paul Greenwell leads the team and focuses on asset and structured finance matters, with notable experience of aviation and aircraft finance-related mandates in the PRC and Japanese markets. Hetty Lam is a ‘very experienced and efficient operator’, and advises on cross-border leasing and financing transactions arising out of the aviation sector.