JAPAN Law and Practice Contributed by: Jumpei Osada, Masaaki Sasaki, Takuto Kobayashi and Hiroshi Ideyama, TMI Associates
TMI Associates provides full legal services with global know-how through its 30 offices and desks lo - cated throughout Japan and around the world. TMI has over 700 lawyers and patent lawyers and its ship - ping team has ten key lawyers and is led by partner Jumpei Osada. The shipping team advises on every aspect of shipping through its lawyers, who have ex - tensive experience and a wide array of knowledge in those fields to offer the firm’s clients (eg, ship-owners, operators, shipyards, financiers, insurers, P&I clubs,
and energy, and oil and gas companies). The team’s practice has significant experience in both ship fi - nance and dry/wet shipping matters. On the conten - tious side, TMI acts for clients in litigation related to cargo claims, casualties, insurance claims, shipbuild - ing and charterparties. Another strength of TMI lies in its ability to provide clients with one-stop services for issues involving several different legal fields in the shipping industry, such as mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies and antitrust matters.
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Jumpei Osada is the head partner of TMI & Associates’ shipping team. He advises on all aspects of maritime- related matters, whether contentious
Takuto Kobayashi is a partner in TMI & Associates’ shipping team. He advises on various international maritime projects, such as LNG tanker projects, oil tanker projects, offshore projects (including wind
or non-contentious, including charterparties, bills of lading, insurance (both hull and P&I), ship-building contracts, ship sale and purchase, ship arrest and shipping finance. He graduated from Waseda University (Japan) with a postgraduate MA in Shipping Law and from the University of Southampton (England) with an LLM in Maritime Law. He also trained in several English shipping law firms. In addition, he has written a number of articles and books related to the subject of shipping.
power generation), joint-venture, sale and purchase (S&P) transactions and ship arrest. He also advises on sanction regulations, insurance matters and disputes arising from transactions in his areas of expertise. Further areas of focus include charterparties, ship-building contracts, cargo damages and bills of lading, including litigation and arbitration. He graduated from Kyoto University (Japan), and has an MA in Maritime Law from Waseda University (Japan) and from the University of Southampton (England).
Masaaki Sasaki is a partner in TMI & Associates’ shipping team. He works principally on shipping dispute resolution, including charterparties, bills of lading, insurance and ship- building contracts. He also advises on
Hiroshi Ideyama is an associate in TMI & Associates’ shipping team. He focuses on both cross-border and domestic ship finance, ship purchase and leasing transactions (including Japanese operating lease/Japanese
international trade, economic and trade sanctions, and bankruptcy cases. He graduated from Waseda University (Japan) with an MA in Maritime Law and obtained a second masters’ degree in maritime law from Swansea University (UK). He was seconded to a leading member of the International Group of P&I Clubs and trained at a London-based shipping law firm. He regularly contributes articles and has co-authored various shipping-related publications.
operating lease with call option (JOL/JOLCO) transactions). He regularly advises banking corporations, leasing companies, ship-owners, shipbuilders, ship brokers and operating companies. His clients benefit from his experience of a number of complex finance transactions. He graduated from Waseda University (Japan).
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