Justin Benson is a leading asset finance lawyer with particular experience in advising the aviation industry. He has a broad background in international bank finance and has advised major financial institutions on the full range of international lending transactions.

Among the clients Justin has represented are GECAS, Babcock & Brown, Chase, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Deutsche Verkehrsbank and Hamburgische Landesbank.

Before joining White & Case in 2000, Justin worked for a major US-based firm and a leading UK firm.

Justin is named as one of the world's leading aircraft finance lawyers in Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Aviation Lawyers and is named a Leading Individual in Asset Finance and Leasing in Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession.

Examples of recent representations in Asset Finance:

• Acted for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and Deutsche Verkehrsbank in connection with a US$195 million aircraft warehousing loan facility with a forward sale agreement with Iberia;
• Acted for Royal Bank of Canada in connection with a €200 million refinancing of two A340s on lease to Olympic Airways;
• Acted for Babcock & Brown in connection with numerous operating lease transactions; and
• Acted for IFC in connection with financing for Volga Dnepr Airlines.

Examples of recent representations in Project Finance:

• Acted for EBRD in connection with Phase II financing of Gastransit project; and
• Acted for EBRD in connection with financing of SEVERTEK project.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales, 1992

Education
LSFE, Guildford College of Law, 1990
LLB, University of Southampton, 1989

Languages
English

Citizenship
British