About Whitney
Whitney is a senior associate in the Aerospace team in Hong Kong. Â She qualified in Hong Kong, England and Wales and the British Virgin Islands, and has experience in assisting aircraft leasing companies, airlines and financial institutions in a variety of commercial aviation matters.
Her key specialties include financing, leasing and trading for commercial aircraft. She has worked on new or used aircraft acquisitions for airlines, aircraft sale and lease back transactions and portfolio asset sales and novation. On the financing side, she has advised clients on complex transactions including warehouse facilities, Japanese operating lease with call option (JOLCOs), and aircraft portfolio financing transactions. She has also worked on aircraft operating leases, lease restructurings and P2F cargo leases.
In addition to her broad commercial aircraft experience, she also works on the sale and purchase and financing of corporate jets.
Whitney is recommended for aviation finance in both Chambers and Legal 500. She is ranked “Associate to Watch” in the Chambers Greater China Guide 2024 for Aviation Finance (International Firms) and is described by her client as “commercially well-rounded” (Legal 500 Greater China Guide, 2025) and provides “Good delivery and client service” (Chambers, Greater China Guide, 2024).
Whitney is based in the Hong Kong office and is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.