Routinely advising on cross-border transactions, Watson Farley & Williams' aviation team in Hong Kong specialises in asset finance and leasing, along with project finance and structured lending. Recent mandates include acting for lenders on satellite financings. Leading the Asia asset and structured finance group, Christoforos Bisbikos' track record includes several significant ship finance deals; aviation sector expert Jackson Chow specialises in structured and asset finance and leasing; and Guan Jian's workload includes high-profile shipping financings.
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Key clients
- Amundsen Expeditions Group Holdings
- Wanhua Chemical Group Co
- ICBC Financial Leasing Co
- China Merchants Commerce Financial Leasing Co
- CMB Financial Leasing Co
- CCB Financial Leasing Co
- CITIC Financial Leasing Co
- Pacific Basin
- Jiangsu Financial Leasing Co
- SPDB Financial Leasing Co
- Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co
- CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping Company
Work highlights
Advised CMB Financial Leasing Co on the $1.1bn sale and leaseback of five 200,000m3 LNG carriers.
Advised Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co on a sale and leaseback transaction involving 18 vessels (with a total leasing amount of $848m).
Advised China Merchants Financial Leasing Co on a sale and leaseback transaction, which related to an LNG floating storage unit.
Practice head
Christoforos Bisbikos
Other key lawyers
Jackson Chow; Guan Jian; Valerie Lee; Dora Ying; Alfred Yu; Simon Lin; Joey Cheung; Vivienne Zhao