SCL LAW GROUP - Key Persons
Adrian has considerable experience advising lenders, sponsors and ECAs on energy, transportation and infrastructure in, Japan, APAC, the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. He is recognised as a market leader for project finance and asset finance and regularly advises Japanese and international clients on the development and financing of cross-border energy, infrastructure and transportation projects. Highly regarded for his commercial acumen, Adrian is recognised in Chambers Global and Chambers APAC for "Projects & Energy: International" and "Banking & Finance: International Asset Finance" and in The Legal 500 for "Projects and Finance", "Shipping" and "Banking and Finance" for which he is ranked as a "Leading Individual". Recent experience includes advising sponsors and lenders on: • LNG: a large number of LNG vessel financings (20 vessels since 2020), SPAs and joint ventures; • Infrastructure: projects including five subsea cable financings in APAC and the Americas and two infrastructure projects in Japan; • Renewables: greenfield projects and project sales in Japan and APAC including solar, wind and waste to energy. • Asset finance: debt finance, restructurings, SLB, ESG and JOLCOs in the shipping and aviation sectors. Adrian attended the University of Tokyo and University of Waseda and speaks and reads Japanese.
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- Partner
- Partner / Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City
Alexander Woody advises clients on energy and natural resources project investments, development and financing. He has over 20 years' experience in Japan, with a focus on cross-border LNG investments, tolling and purchase agreements and transportation arrangements.
Alex has worked extensively with arbitration specialists to provide strategic advice and assist clients to resolve disputes arising during the course of these long-term projects. He has also advised clients on solar, battery and wind power investments, as well as early stage hydrogen projects.
Alex is ranked by Chambers Global 2022 and Chambers Asia-Pacific 2022 as a Leading Lawyer for Projects & Energy: International - Japan. He is also ranked by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 as a Leading Individual: Gaiben for Projects and Energy: International Firms and Joint Ventures - Japan.
Amane has extensive experience in a number of project finance transactions and acquisitions in connection with renewable energy projects in Japan and other Asian countries. In addition to his broad knowledge of the complex regulations surrounding renewable energy, he also has a deep understanding of IPP business reinforced by his work experience in London at a major Japanese trading company. His clients include domestic and international energy project developers, investors, lenders, construction contractors, and utility companies. He advises, represents, and advocates on behalf of clients in a wide range of transactions in the renewable energy sector, including development of green-field projects, debt and equity financing, selling and acquisition of energy projects, and legal due diligence. He also has a wealth of experience in offshore wind projects from the emergence of offshore wind business in Japan in the mid-2010s, including advising clients in the public tender process under the Offshore Renewable Energy Act.
With more than forty years of experience, Chavalit is highly regarded as a leading figure in Thailand. His areas of s...
Since joining the firm in 2003, he has gained experience mainly in the corporate field. Following a one-year secondme...
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- Partner
- Lead Partner of Our Taiwan Practice Group
Ing-Chian is a lead partner of our Taiwan practice group. As one of the few Taiwanese lawyers based in Japan, she han...
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- Partner / Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City
He advises on a wide range of merger-and-acquisition transactions, joint ventures, foreign direct investments, genera...
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- NY LLP Partner / New York
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- Managing Partner of Our New York
- NY LLP Partner / New York
Katsuyuki has been the Managing Partner of our New York office since its inception. He has over 30 years of experienc...
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- Counsel / Singapore
- Member of Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
Grazia is a member of Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) and a certified Data Protection Officer (DPO) by Ind...
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- Chairman of the Management Board
- Partner / Tokyo
Masaki Hosaka has expertise in General Corporate and M&A law. He was the managing partner of the firm from early ...
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- LPC Partner / Nagoya New York
Masato Yamanaka joined Nishimura & Asahi in April 2008 after working for Mitsui, Yasuda, Wani & Maeda, Linkla...
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- Alliance Office Director / Singapore
Miki Tsubono is an attorney in the Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group. In the corporate practice...
Since joining the firm, Mitsuhiro Harada has been actively involved in Mergers & Acquisitions and has represented...
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- Partner / Frankfurt / Düsseldorf
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- Leader of Our Cross - Border Transactions Group
- Partner / Tokyo New York
Stephen is a leader of our Cross-Border Transactions Group. Stephen was previously associated with top-tier U.S. inte...
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- Appointed Regional Board Member of Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers, Asia Pacific.
Tatsuya Nakayama is a partner in our M&A and corporate practice and was previously seconded to a top-tier U.S. in...
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- Partner / Tokyo
- Partner at Nishimura & Asahi
Tatsuya Tanigawa is a partner at Nishimura & Asahi, and has represented Japanese and non-Japanese buyers and sell...
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- Global Development Director
Our firm takes great pride in the diversity of its members and values the many different perspectives they bring to help the firm deliver its fundamental mission and its strategic goal of being a top-tier international firm. We encourage our members through their everyday activities to live by the values that we espouse and have shared internally. Those things, together, help us act with a common purpose.
We believe that if you have the following characteristics then you are likely to find our firm a rewarding and fulfilling place to work: an appreciation and awareness of the views of others, especially when from different cultural backgrounds; a willingness to face new challenges; the energy and perseverance to find solutions to problems; a willingness to speak up and express an opinion; and above all, a desire to support and collaborate with colleagues.
Through internal training programs we encourage and support our members to make the most of their talents - but equally, at the end of the day, we like people who bring their own motivation to learn and constantly improve.
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- Co - Representative
- Partner / Bangkok
Tokuhiro Matsunaga has handled a wide variety of cross-border M&A transactions in Asia and other regions. Recentl...
Toshihito (Toshi) is a member of our corporate and M&A practice groups. He advises corporate clients, both Japane...
Yasunari Sugiyama is a partner in the firm's Asset Finance Group and Agri-Food Practice Group. In the finance area, h...
Yotaro engages in all aspects of corporate legal affairs, focusing on domestic and overseas M&A and startup-relat...
Since joining the firm, Mitsuhiro Harada has been actively involved in Mergers & Acquisitions and has represented...
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- Counsel / Frankfurt / Düsseldorf
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- Partner
- Officer of the Business Human Rights Committee, International Bar Association ( IBA )