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Takeshi Takahashi

Atsumi & Sakai

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Practice Areas:
Project finance
Project development
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
Japanese
English
French
Biography
  • University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1983)
  • University of Chicago (LL.M., 1987)
  • White & Case New York (July 1997-March 2001)
  • White & Case Tokyo (April 2001-March 2013)
Recent case highlights
  • Advised a Japanese shipping company in respect of LNG Bunkering contract related to the first LNG bunkering activity in Japanese ports;
  • Advised Japanese utility companies on various LNG purchase agreements and on various LNG transportation contracts;
  • Represented a Japanese financing institution in relation to a margin loan transaction relating to a company which became listed on NASDAQ;
  • Represented a Japanese financing institution in respect of their limited partnership investment holding loans to the digital industry in Europe; and
  • Represented a Japanese utility company in respect of disposal of its nuclear fuel assets.
Practice areas
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Structured finance/securitisation
  • Project development
  • Project finance

 

Sector expertise
  • Banking
  • Energy
  • Oil and gas
  • Shipping
  • Utilities
Bar admissions
  • State of New York, the United States of America (1996)
  • Registered Foreign Lawyer in Japan for the laws of the State of New York and the Federal laws of the United States (2001)

 

Association memberships
  • Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Address:
Tokyo
Japan
Tel:+81355012129 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.aplawjapan.com/en/professionals/takeshi-takahashi