Stephen Hedges

Stephen Hedges
Biography
Stephen Hedges is an asset finance lawyer based in London. His practice focuses on aircraft finance and cross-border leasing transactions, and he has acted for a range of clients including airlines, aircraft leasing companies and financial institutions.
Stephen trained with the firm, gaining experience in the firm's asset finance, corporate finance and competition teams, and spent six months seconded to the firm's Singapore office working in asset finance.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
- Represented a major airline in connection with various sale and leaseback transactions, deliveries and sub-lease arrangements across multiple jurisdictions;
- Represented a major international lease company in connection with the sale of used aircraft portfolios and on associated novation transactions;
- Represented a leading US leasing company on leasing of aircraft to a Asia based airline;
- Represented a leasing subsidiary of a major financial institution in negotiations on a purchase agreement for several aircraft, and associated leasing arrangements to a Asia based airline;
- Represented a major airline in connection with the sale and leaseback of several used aircraft;