Hogan Lovells moved to expand its aviation finance offering in Asia, hiring asset finance partner Matthew Leigh in Singapore.

Leigh has been working at Norton Rose Fulbright, where he advised banks and other lenders on aircraft-related finance transactions. Last year, he advised two Korean lenders on a $135 million loan to Kuwait-based ALAFCO Aviation Lease and Finance Co. KSCP. That loan financed an acquisition of five aircraft on lease to Jakarta-based carriers Garuda Indonesia and Lion Air.