Hitomi Komachi

Hitomi has extensive experience advising on a wide range of project development and financing transactions in the energy and infrastructure sector. She also has complementary acquisition financing and restructuring experience in the lifecycle of energy and infrastructure assets. She regularly acts for sponsors, export credit agencies, development financing institutions and financiers globally on innovative first in kind transactions. She is a co-founder and a core member of the Hydrogen Interest Group, the firm's internal global network of practitioners sharing know-how and experiences on energy transition opportunities.

Hitomi advises on hydrogen, ammonia, sustainable aviation fuel and e-methanol projects for global shipping companies, trading companies and developers, in addition to her traditional practice advising on renewable power, LNG and petrochemical and refinery projects. She regularly contributes to publications on energy transition and energy security, including as part of the firm's Financing the gap: a blueprint for decarbonisation and Reflections on COP series.