JAPAN Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Takahiro Kobayashi, Shigeki Okatani, Yusuke Murakami and Hirohiko Tanaka Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Mori Hamada) has eight offices in Japan (with Tokyo HQ) and 11 international branches in Singapore, Bang- kok (Chandler Mori Hamada Limited), Beijing, Shanghai, Yangon (Myanmar Legal Mori Ham- ada), Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Manila (TNC Partners), New York and the San Francis- co Bay Area. Its energy and infrastructure prac- tice team has approximately 38 partners, four counsels and 76 associates, and handles a va- riety of matters, including project development
and construction, project financing, acquisi- tions, regulatory matters, and supporting new participation in the Japanese market. The firm has built up experience by working on many pioneering projects, especially in the areas of project financing and renewable energy, includ- ing projects related to the energy transition. The firm maintains a strong relationship with the Energy and Natural Resources Agency and the Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators, etc.
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Takahiro Kobayashi advises on a broad range of energy-related transactions at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, including project financing for construction of state-of-the-art thermal power
Shigeki Okatani has extensive experience in advising domestic and foreign sponsors and
lenders on many renewable, battery and hydrogen-related projects in Japan and other Asian countries. In his practice at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, he represented a project company and its sponsors in the first offshore wind project in Japan (financial closing: February 2020). He also advises on regulatory matters related to such projects, including the regulation of electricity businesses, electricity safety, construction, labour and the environment. He also advises foreign clients on corporate PPAs and electricity trading in Japan.
plants and for solar power, onshore and offshore wind power, biomass, geothermal power and other renewable energy projects. These include non-FIT/FIP projects using corporate PPAs, alliance and M&A transactions among energy-related companies, and hydrogen and ammonia-related legislation framework and regulatory and licensing matters. Kobayashi was admitted to the Bar in Japan in 1998 and in New York in 2003.
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