Banking and finance: International firms and joint ventures
Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Rising stars: Bengoshi
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
![Akihiko Takamatsu](/cdn-cgi/image/width=256/https://www.legal500.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/09/Takamatsu_Akihiko_ATAK_teams-scaled.jpg)
Akihiko (Aki) Takamatsu is a partner based in our Tokyo office and a Japanese-qualified banking and finance lawyer. As a fully bilingual lawyer, Aki has more than 15 years' experience across a broad range of cross-border and Japan domestic banking and finance practices, in particular, asset finance, projects, financial regulations and other general banking matters as well as insolvency and restructuring.
Next Generation Partners: Bengoshi
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
![Zenya Onishi](/cdn-cgi/image/width=256/https://www.legal500.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/12/P331_Onishi_Zenya_rgb.jpg)
Next Generation Partners: Gaiben
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
![Paul Coggins](/cdn-cgi/image/width=256/https://www.legal500.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/01/Coggins_Paul_PCOG_300dpi_Colour-scaled.jpg)
Paul is a banking and finance lawyer based in Tokyo, focusing on the shipping and offshore sectors. He acts for commercial banks, ECAs and sponsors in the financing of all manner of ships and offshore units using various financing structures, including complex cross-border project and asset-based leasing and debt facilities. Paul also has considerable experience drafting and negotiating commercial shipping agreements, including shipbuilding contracts and charterparties, and advising on the sale and purchase of ships, ship-owning companies and distressed shipping loans, acting for ship owners, charterers and financiers. Before joining the Tokyo office in 2010, Paul spent time in London and Singapore with a well-known international shipping law firm and on secondment to the Asia Shipping Desk of a leading bank in Hong Kong.
Leading individuals: Bengoshi
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
![Yusuke Abe](/cdn-cgi/image/width=256/https://www.legal500.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/11/Abe_Yusuke_publication-1.jpg)
Yusuke Abe specialises in project finance, ECA finance, acquisition finance and other banking transactions, asset finance, real estate finance, derivatives and regulatory matters. Yusuke has worked in London and Hong Kong and is a member of Clifford Chance’s Worldwide Projects Group.
Leading individuals: Gaiben
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.