Edward Bentley is an aviation lawyer based in Singapore.

Edward has over half a decade of experience in Asia, and is recognized as a “leading associate” in our Tier 1 ranked “asset finance: foreign firms – Singapore” practice.

 Edward regularly advises airlines, lessors, banks and export credit agencies on cross-border portfolio sales, operating leases, sale and leaseback transactions, purchase orders and financing and leasing structures and has advised on a number of award winning aviation transactions.

 Legal500 Asia Pacific 2025 and 2024 client testimonials:

•  'Edward Bentley is great, diligent and thorough. He works hard and manages time-sensitive and complex matters for us, providing efficient and clear advice and management.'
• ‘I am very impressed by the professionalism Edward Bentley continued to show throughout the transaction. He was always reachable, and he clearly understood the commercial aspects of the transaction.'
• 'Edward was collaborative and understood all nuances of the transaction. He was very prompt in his responses and worked very efficiently which led to a successful closing of the transaction in a short timeframe. He is a well-rounded lawyer and is easy to work with.'
• ‘Edward Bentley is an up and coming senior associate in NRF who worked tirelessly on a recent transaction to facilitate an important year end closing. Ed was very commercial and extremely responsive.'
• ‘Ed in particular is really professional, very smart, hardworking and careful, you can trust him to get all the details through accurately and diligently which takes the burden off in-house counsel’