Inaugural Korea Airfinance Conference

Samsung Securities was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. As a leading investment bank in Korea, its business coverage offeres the broadest range of financial services in the market including wealth management services, retirement wealth management services, and investment products for institutional investors as well as high net worth individuals. With a competitive advantage in the market and expertise in the industry, the investment banking division provides a client base of major corporations with the most efficient financing solutions and serve top tier institutions with high quality investment instruments. Our offices in China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Hong Kong connect a variety of investment opportunities throughout the global market to local institutions.

Established in August 2016, Crianza Aviation is the first ever Korea based aircraft leasing company; and has already acquired and invested in a handful of widebody aircrafts, and leased out to credit worthy state owned airliners.
Head quartered in Cayman with operations sitting in Seoul, Crianza Aviation has launched in partnership with IMM Investment, one of Korea’s PEF, to satisfy Korean financial institutions’ aviation investment opportunities and their needs. 
Crianza’s experts have already served in Korea, providing aircraft financial structuring based on what local institutional investors are satisfied with, and have successfully transacted more than USD$1.2 billion. In addition, our experienced in-house professionals provide a full level of aircraft leasing services including aircraft management, remarketing and resale. Crianza is planning to acquire and lease out 50 aircrafts to credit worthy airliners by 2020. Our approach is ‘collaboration’ and ‘companionship’ with global aviation partners and becoming a representative aviation leasing company in Korea.
 

Mizuho Americas is a leading financial institution comprising several legal entities, which together offer clients corporate and investment banking, financing, securities, treasury services, asset management, research and more. With professionals in offices throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Chile, Mizuho’s operations in the Americas connect a broad client base of major corporations, financial institutions and public sector groups to local markets and a vast global network. Learn more at mizuhoamericas.com.
 
Mizuho Americas is an integral part of the Japan-based Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: MFG). Mizuho Financial Group is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, offering comprehensive financial and strategic services including private banking and venture capital through its subsidiaries. The group has over 900 offices and 56,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and Asia. At the end of 2016, its total assets were $1.8 trillion. Learn more about Mizuho Financial Group at mizuho-fg.co.jp/english.

Novus is an independent, privately-held aircraft leasing platform, focused on investing, leasing and financing of commercial aircraft assets. Established over 24 years ago, the Novus team operates out of its five global offices in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. The company currently co-owns and manages aircraft-related projects worth about USD 4 billion.
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Deloitte‘s Aircraft Leasing and Finance Advisory team delivers first-class advice to clients in a wide range of areas including structuring and financial advice on the establishment or investment into an aircraft leasing platform, M&A and IPO advice, debt raising and treasury advice to leasing clients (including transfer pricing), valuations, changing accounting practices, international tax reform impact, aircraft and lease/loan portfolio securitisations and the cross-border acquisition, leasing and disposal of aircraft. We also provide audit and tax compliance services to some of the largest aircraft lessors in the world. At Deloitte, we make an impact that matters for our clients, our people, our profession, and in the wider society by delivering the solutions and insights they need to address their most complex business challenges. As the world’s largest global professional services and consulting firm, with over 263,000 professionals in more than 150 countries, we bring world-class capabilities and high-quality services to our clients. Our people have the leadership capabilities, experience, and insight to collaborate with clients so they can move forward with confidence.
 

DVB enjoys a unique position, thanks to its strategic focus on the international transport market, with the submarkets of shipping, aviation, and land transport. As a highly-specialised niche provider, the Bank offers a broad range of customised financial services. With offices in twelve locations, we have a worldwide presence in the transport markets and their various segments. This global presence enables us to take into account both the international dimension and the local specifics of the markets in which our clients in Shipping, Aviation and Land Transport Finance operate. Our Aviation Finance team and our clients benefit from our unique and integrated platform, with a range of products and services covering the entire lifecycle of aircraft and engines – from financing new airplanes right through to dismantling them, plus individual solutions for their engines. Consequently, our strategy is geared to offering our clients the most efficient services “where money and metal meet” – irrespective of industry and economic cycles. We provide asset financing on the basis of sound research and a deep understanding of aviation markets and specific types of aircraft. Our experts have gained their wings through many years of experience in the banking business as well as in the aviation industry – with airlines, manufacturers, asset managers and lessors.

The Korea Development Bank (“KDB"), founded in 1954 is a government-owned policy bank. KDB offers its clients with a broad range of financial products and services with its expertise in corporate banking, investment banking, and corporate restructuring. Having been a long time partner of the two flag carriers of Korea from the early 1990s, we are also currently active in financing non-Korean airlines and leasing companies over the past decade. KDB aims not only to be the financial engine of Korea’s growth but also to expand its global presence continously.

Established in 1988, IBA is a leading independent aviation consultancy advising a broad mix of lessors, operators, financiers and investors. Operating globally, we inform decision making and support operations across the aviation spectrum. Whether supporting strategic investments, managing aircraft, advising on expansion, or driving efficiency improvements, our mix of intelligence gathering, analysis, proprietary data, technical expertise and decades of aviation experience delivers value across aviation opportunities and challenges.

After 25 years working alongside lessors, airlines, financial institutions, manufacturers and private investors, Morten Beyer & Agnew (“mba”), has earned its reputation as a world leader in the aviation industry. mba, a global aviation consulting firm with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia is a leading provider of management consulting strategies, independent valuations, analytical solutions, regulatory and quality assessments, and safety auditing for investment banks, airlines, lessors, and government agencies.

Stephenson Harwood is a law firm with over 900 people worldwide, including more than 150 partners.
 
The firm has an award-winning aviation team that advises clients in three core practice areas: aviation finance, leasing and commercial; litigation and risk; and regulatory and aero-political matters.
 
With one of the largest and most reputable aviation finance teams in Asia, we have been involved in some of the most ground-breaking deals in the market this year. These include a private placement of aircraft-backed bonds in Korea, the first foreign debt financing of aircraft in Myanmar and the first Coface-backed bond issuance to finance ATR aircraft.

White & Case LLP is a leading global law firm with more than 2,000 lawyers in 39 offices in 28 countries. We are able to support aviation industry participants wherever their needs arise. We represent a broad range of clients including airlines, financial institutions, lessors, manufacturers, credit support providers, funds and industry advisors. Our global platform, cross-disciplinary approach and substantial industry knowledge combine to put us in a unique position to advise on a broad range of transactions involving commercial aviation, private jet and helicopter financing, including asset-based and structured financing transactions. We also provide tax, litigation, restructuring, bankruptcy, regulatory, securities and general corporate advice. Clients turn to us for innovative products and structures as well as commercial solutions to give them a competitive edge in the evolving legal, regulatory and operating environments.

Capital Aviation is a new style boutique aviation finance, aircraft leasing and management company. Formed in 2011, its founders, having earned the respect of the industry, launched Capital Aviation to apply their expertise to serve both airlines and investors while building a portfolio of leased aircraft.  Our methodology is focused more on the customer and their needs. This makes us more flexible and affords us the ability to perform and transact unique commercial arrangements within this market meeting the needs of all participants.