Yutaka Sakai

Yutaka Sakai, a Partner in Atsumi & Sakai, advises on project finance, ship finance, syndicated loans, aircraft leasing and securitisation, and assisting financial corporations and other stakeholders with structuring of transactions. He has been actively involved in numerous mega solar projects across Japan, advising clients on legal aspects of projects and documentation.

Mr. Sakai has been named as a leading lawyer for banking & finance, projects and energy, and shipping by publications including Chambers, IFLR 1000, The Legal 500, and asialaw Profiles. He was also listed as a “Best Lawyer” in the Asset Finance Law section of The Best Lawyers in Japan 2020.

• Advising Kyudenko Corporation on a 480 MW photovoltaic power plant project on the island of Ukujima in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
• Advising Japanese banks on numerous renewable energy transactions in Japan
• Advising Photovolt Development Partners GmbH on mega solar projects in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
• Advising major Japanese banks and many local Japanese banks on numerous cross-border syndicated loan transactions and shipping transactions
• Advising Anchor Ship Partners, Co., Ltd., the largest shipping investment fund in Japan

• Banking
• Capital markets: Debt
• Financial services regulatory
• Project finance
• Structured finance/securitisation

• Aviation
• Banking
• Energy
• Shipping
• Real estate

• Japan Association of the Law of Trust
• Japan Syndication and Loan-Trading Association
• Securitization Forum of Japan, Subcommittee for a New Framework for Securitization
• Securitization Forum of Japan, Working Group for the Discussion of Financial Laws
• Kaiji Shinko Renmei (Association for Promotion of Maritime Affairs)

• Queen Mary University of London, LL.M., 1990
• Keio University, LL.B., 1980