Position Title: AVP Transaction Legal
Location: Hong Kong
Job Information (incl. essential functions):
Reporting to the Head of Legal, the AVP Transaction Legal will be assisting in negotiating anddocumenting contracts relating to aircraft leasing, trading, and financing with airline customers, financiers, investors, trading counterparties and other participants in the aviation finance industry. This role will assist the project manager in the execution of these transactions, ensuring that all transaction documents comply with all relevant internal approvals and policies of the Company and to manage the execution of transactions.
Core Responsibilities:
- Assist in managing transactions from Letter of Intent to contract execution.
- Ensure all documentation is completed to meet deadlines and in accordance with internal approvals and guidelines.
- Customer facing role in contract negotiations with airlines, financiers, trading counterparties, manufacturers, and maintenance providers.
- Assist deal teams and coordinate input from other internal teams (commercial, technical, finance, trading, and risk) and external advisors into transaction negotiation and documentation.
- Assist in managing airline defaults, aircraft repossessions, dispute resolution and litigation matters.
- Update company legal templates and processes and procedures.
Role Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in law or above.
- Strong understanding of aviation leasing.
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to build and maintain relationships with counterparties around the globe.
- Self-motivated, flexible, commercial acumen with the ability to manage internal deal teams and transactions, work independently and as part of an international legal team.
- Available to travel as required.
Join our dynamic CDB Aviation team! Apply by emailing our HR Team at Careers.CDB@cdbaviation.aero.
