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Winstead expands airline finance practice with New York Office opening

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Winstead expands airline finance practice with New York Office opening

US law firm has added airline finance practitioners, Jaeyong (Jae) So and Jaesuk (Jay) Yoo, as shareholders as it Winstead opens a New York Office. 

The New York office opening makes it is law firm’s eighth nationwide and, in a statement, Winstead said that this was a strategic decision to expand it airline practice. 

“We were drawn to Winstead because of their strong reputation, commitment to the aviation industry, and their deep bench of attorneys with unmatched experience in a broad array of airline transactions and their extensive airline client base,” said So. “We are excited to kick start Winstead’s airline finance practice from the New York office.”

Bart Biggers, Winstead shareholder and chair of the firm’s Airline Industry Group said of the two hire, “Jae and Jay are highly-regarded airline finance attorneys, and it was a good idea on both sides to form an airline transactions practice together.”