Yecheng (Simon) YANG

Representative Matters

• Aviation/Shipping Finance and Leasing
• Advised various banks (including ICBC, CCB, BOC, BNP Paribas, Calyon, Societe Generale, ING, Natixis, RBS, HSBC, BTMU, HSH Nordbank AG, NordLB, DBS, DVB、Citibank etc.) in their aviation financing lease with Chinese airlines
• Advised various foreign lessors (including ACG, AerCap, BBAM, Nomura Babcock & Brown Co., Ltd., PK AirFinance, BOC Aviation, RBS Aerospace, CALC, Macquarie Air Finance Ltd., ILFC, Avolon, GAAM, Air Lease Corporation， Waypoint Leasing etc.) in their operating leases of aircraft and helicopters with Chinese airlines and general aviation operators.
• Advised various Chinese leasing companies in their purchase, leasing and financing of aircraft, corporate jets, engines and aircraft materials and acquisition of aircraft portfolio.
• Advised various Chinese airlines in their purchase, leasing, lease novation, financing, disposal of aircraft, engines and aircraft materials.
• Advised various Chinese enterprises in their purchase, financing, leasing, management of corporate jets.
• Advised China Development Bank Hainan Branch in the financing of certain container vessels for Hong Kong SPVs set up by HNA Group.
• Advised Bank of China Financial Leasing in its ship financial lease with Chongqing Changjiang golden cruise Co., Ltd.
• Advised Minsheng Financial Leasing in its foreign ship leasing assets securitization project.

• Cross-Boarder Finance and Project Finance
• Advised the Export-Import Bank of China Jiangsu Branch in the export credit financing for a Bangladesh stated-owned power generation company.
• Advised China Development Bank in the financing of photovoltaic power stations with Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., LTD in Yunnan Province.
• Advised ICBC in the cross-border acquisition financing for State Grid acquisition of Chile target company.
• Advised China Minsheng Bank in the cross-border acquisition financing for Jamestrong acquisition of New Zealand and Australian target company.
• Advised China Construction Bank in the cross-border acquisition financing for certain land acquisition transaction in Indonesia.
• Advised JA Solar in syndicated financing with ICBC in Vietnam.
• Advised SDHS in the financing of construction of road project in South Sudan and Kenya.

• Dispute Resolution and Bankruptcy
• Represented many foreign leasing companies in their aircraft leasing disputes with certain Chinese Airlines
• Represented certain domestic banks in their aircraft financing disputes with certain Chinese leasing companies
• Represented many banks and leasing companies in their applications for creditor's rights on the bankruptcy and reorganization of Hainan Airlines

Education Background

• LL.M, Transnational Law and Business University, Seoul (2012)
• LL.B, Jilin University, Changchun (2010)

Professional Qualifications

• Bar admission in P.R. China

Professional Background

• Mr. Yang joined DeHeng Law Offices as a partner in 2022. Before joined DeHeng, he worked in Central Research Institute of Building and Construction, MCC Group as In-House counsel, and a leading PRC law firm in Beijing as associate. He has rich experience on litigation and arbitration, construction, cross-border investment and project finance, cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), Aviation and shipping, banking and finance.