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Rebecca Lee

Rebecca Lee

Work Department

Corporate; Banking and Finance

Position

Rebecca is counsel in Carey Olsen's corporate practice in Singapore. She advises on asset finance, structured finance, equity capital markets (including SPACs), fund finance, general banking, as well as general corporate. She has a particular focus on the aviation industry and has published as co-author on aviation law as well as aviation finance and leasing.

Rebecca has a proven track record of executing complex and high-profile transactions for clients ranging from corporates, financial institutions and sovereign wealth funds through to private equity funds, holding companies and family offices with significant asset finance experience.

Clients praise Rebecca for being "outstanding" and "extremely responsive" on transactions. They also commend Rebecca's top performance in terms of "… legal input, co-ordination skills, diligence and commitment". Above all, clients have echoed sentiments of enjoying working together with Rebecca in view of the often seamless and tireless support she provides on each file, no matter the size and complexity.

Career

Rebecca was previously with another leading offshore law firm in Singapore, where she worked on many of the largest regional transactions in the corporate and finance team. Prior to that, Rebecca was with Clifford Chance's award-winning aviation finance team and worked in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok.

Rebecca maintains multiple legal qualifications – she was admitted as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 2012, and as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2017. She also is enrolled as a registered associate in Bermuda.

Languages

Rebecca is a native speaker of English and Mandarin, and fluent in Japanese and Cantonese.

Memberships

Rebecca is an active member of the regional aviation and finance community, specifically the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT), Women in Aviation and 100 Women in Finance.

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