Simon Wong
Global Guide 2024
Band 2 : Aviation: Finance
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Band 2
About
Provided by Simon Wong
Practice Areas
Simon specialises in aircraft financing, leasing and trading relating to both commercial aircraft and business jets. He also handles aviation joint ventures, aviation funds, Islamic financing, equipment leasing and general banking work. Simon’s main clients are international aircraft lessors and financiers in the PRC and in Europe.
Simon is a partner at our Hong Kong office, specialising in aviation law and asset finance. He has advised financiers, lessors, airlines and aircraft owners on various types of aircraft financing transactions (including syndicated loans, pre-delivery financing, off-balance sheet financing, Islamic financing and ECA financing), cross-border leasing transactions (including operating leases, finance leases, sale and leasebacks, tax-based leases and domestic PRC operating leases utilising the Tianjin SPV structure), commercial aircraft fleet acquisition projects, aircraft lease novation, engine and cabin equipment purchases, power-by-the-hour arrangements, sale and purchase of used aircraft and aircraft holding companies, aviation joint ventures in Mainland China, licensing arrangements and restructuring of tax leases.
He recently acted for a policy bank in China in a financing transaction involving eight aircraft on-leased to six airlines across the globe, including various flag carriers and fast developing low cost carriers.
Chambers Review
Global
Simon Wong's practice spans the full range of aviation finance transactions, regularly receiving mandates to handle sale and leaseback transactions and acquisitions. He is also recommended for his expertise in Islamic and ECA financings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He gives very practical advice and is very experienced in aviation finance, as well as customs."
"We found him to be very knowledgeable and results-oriented."
"We can rely on him to have relevant advice and good and creative solutions to various matters in aircraft financing. He is also open to sharing industry news and contacts."
"He gives very practical advice and is very experienced in aviation finance, as well as customs."
"We found him to be very knowledgeable and results-oriented."
"We can rely on him to have relevant advice and good and creative solutions to various matters in aircraft financing. He is also open to sharing industry news and contacts."