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Projects & Energy: Domestic - Japan

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What the Team is Known For

Baker McKenzie's Tokyo-based team is regularly instructed to advise on cross-border energy sector transactions, including off-take arrangements, tolling agreements, regulatory compliance and investment in natural resource assets. The team is highly proficient in advising on the development of LNG power plant projects, as well as solar and wind projects, representing international contractors and developers. The practice is routinely instructed by major institutional investors and trading houses, both Japanese and international, and has considerable experience in domestic PPP and PFI transactions.

Strengths

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Their Tokyo-based attorneys can be relied upon to take advice from their local colleagues, integrate it with other advice, and present the whole in a streamlined and clear way.

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Baker McKenzie are very knowledgeable about local practices and a good bridge for a multinational going into Japan.

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Notable Practitioners

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Naoaki Eguchi
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Naoaki Eguchi
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Naoaki Eguchi has forged a formidable reputation as one of Japan’s leading project finance specialists. He offers clients a tremendous track record on energy and infrastructure sector financings and investments.

Naoaki Eguchi's deep understanding of the legal complexities, combined with his strategic and clear approach, has been invaluable to the success of the project.

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Jon Ornolfsson
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Jon Ornolfsson
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Band 4
Jon Ornolfsson is a partner in Tokyo who has strong activity in the infrastructure, LNG and renewable energy sectors.

He is extremely responsive, commercial and aware of current market trends and factors, and seamlessly combines his own English law analysis with local law analysis from colleagues around the globe.

Jon managed our deal from start to finish, ensuring the legal advice was consistently on point and delivered within budget.

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Naoaki Eguchi
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Naoaki Eguchi
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Jon Ornolfsson
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Jon Ornolfsson
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