November 24, 2022
Kennedys has further bolstered its aviation team in Singapore with the designation of Anita Quy as Head of Aviation, Asia Pacific (APAC), and the addition of Tristan Thompson as a new partner. Joining the firm in 2014, Anita has specialised in the aviation sector for more than 20 years, and is highly respected across APAC and the London Market. She advises a range of clients, including insurers, airlines, general aviation operators, regulators, ground handlers and maintenance organisations.  Anita has been engaged as lead counsel in a number of cases involving catastrophic losses and regularly handles complex, high-value work, such as hull subrogation claims. She also has extensive dispute resolution experience in cross-border litigation, and regularly advises on non-contentious issues, such as contractual liability, risk management and regulatory matters.  She takes over the role following the departure of Peng Lim, who has moved in-house to long-standing Kennedys’ client, Liberty Specialty Markets, as Head of Aviation Claims. Anita will work alongside new partner, Tristan Thompson, who recently joined the firm from DLA Piper, where he spent the last three years principally working on complex aviation and aerospace product liability claims and hull subrogation claims. Prior to that, Tristan spent eight years at Clyde & Co, where he trained and qualified into their aviation team. An English qualified lawyer, Tristan specialises in handling contentious aviation and aerospace matters on behalf of operators and their (re)insurers across multi-jurisdictions. His experience includes dealing with major airline and helicopter losses, attritional claims, coverage issues and pursuing recovery actions for (re)insurers and...
October 27, 2022
Former Lee & Ko partner Hye Kyung Helen Sohn has joined Yoon & Yang’s Corporate Advisory Group and the Finance Practice Group, as the firm continues to boost its aviation practice. A bilingual attorney who worked at Lee & Ko for 27 years, Sohn is a renowned expert with broad experience and knowledge in the aviation law practice, and is considered to have pioneered the aviation finance in Korea. During her stint at Lee & Ko, she has become Korea’s leading aviation finance expert, advising major airlines and financial institutions on finance and operating leases, secured loan transactions, PDP financings, JOLCO and ABS transactions. Sohn has advised Korean Air, Jin Air, Jeju Air, T’way Air, The Export Import Bank of Korea, ICBC Leasing, Hana Bank, Hana Financial Investment, Shinhan Investment Group, Heungkuk Asset Management and more. In addition to Sohn, Yoon & Yang has also recently recruited Seungmin Song and Minjeong Kim. A former in-house attorney at Korean Air, Song is an expert who has experienced virtually all legal issues that could arise in the aviation industry. While working as an in-house attorney at Korean Air for ten years, Song was in charge of providing advice and engaging in negotiations on aircraft transactions, as well as providing advice on airline-related matters. On the other hand, Kim has more than 20 years of experience in the aviation field, working for domestic and international airlines and aviation industry-related institutions. She has worked for the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB) of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Korea Transportation Safety Authority, the Korea Civil Aviation Association, the Lufthansa...