Jingjing Wu has been deeply involved in the fields of aviation finance and shipping finance for many years. The team led by Jingjing Wu has provided full legal services for domestic and cross-border transactions of approximately 500 aircraft for multiple commercial banks, policy banks, financial leasing companies in the banking system, leasing companies in the Ministry of Commerce system, and large airlines, covering various aspects such as aircraft purchase, financial leasing, operating leasing, prepayment financing, delivery financing, refinancing, asset package transfer, and asset disposal. She has won high-level awards from institutions such as Chambers, ALB, The Legal 500, and IFLR1000 in the aviation finance field multiple times.
The ship finance projects of Jingjing Wu's team include new shipbuilding financing and second-hand ship financing, among which the main transaction modes include syndicate, bank loans, financing leasing, etc., involving over 200 ships of various types. Jingjing Wu was once listed on The Legal 500 China Regional List in 2023 in the field of "Maritime Commerce and Maritime".
Attorney WU has always been adhering to the idea of being an expert lawyer, a concept that she applies to the management of her team, carefully training outstanding talents and devoting herself to building a professional attorney team. As a star team of Dentons in the field of bank and finance, WU’s team features a large number of outstanding professionals, and many of its members have overseas study backgrounds, able to communicate with clients and foreign lawyers in English without any obstacles. They have participated in and led an accumulating number of cross-border projects involving the UK, Ireland, the US, Hong Kong, BVI and other jurisdictions, winning unanimous praise from their clients. The close collaboration of this elite team has not only provided professional and innovative ideas for dealing with the current domestic and overseas projects but also laid a profound foundation for the continued refinement and breakthrough of their business in the future.
As the leader of the “vanguard team” in the field of bank and finance, attorney WU strives to provide more professional and frontier legal services to her clients. She leads her team to keep an eye on the latest developments in the realm of bank and finance, drawing experience from other projects both at home and abroad and combining her own expertise to offer clients a total service solution from front-end financing and leasing transactions to asset restructuring and asset package disposal.
Attorney WU also enjoys a high reputation in the industry. She focuses on the development of the industry and has been frequently invited to participate in lectures and forums in the field of aviation and ship finance. For example, she delivered a theme speech on “Aviation Financing Transaction Structure and Key Legal Issues” at the “First China Regional Aviation Development Summit”. She was also invited to participate in the First International Aerospace Rule-of-Law Forum organized by the China University of Political Science and Law and gave an excellent commentary on the topic of “Issues of Financing in the International Civil Aviation Industry Amid the Pandemic”.
In addition, attorney WU serves as a deputy of the 7th Pudong New Area People’s Congress of Shanghai Municipality and a member of the Legal Committee, a member of the Legal Committee of the Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association (“CNDCA”) and a member of the Pudong New Area Committee of CNDCA Shanghai, making proposals to the rule-of-law development. She has participated in the preparation of relevant drafts laws, conducted investigations and studies on draft laws, proposed amendments to draft laws, and researched, handled and responded to suggestions, criticisms and opinions on the legal system.
Looking to the future, attorney WU will continue to explore the field of bank and finance and seek breakthroughs to demonstrate the professionalism of her team in the realm, further guiding the way and acting as a model.
