Maya Ito
Nishimura & AsahiThe team at Nishimura & Asahi offers comprehensive legal services for domestic and international power, renewable energy, and infrastructure projects, covering all aspects from project development and financing to offtake and transportation. Team leader Tomohiro Sato advises lenders and sponsors on project finance transactions, particularly those related to renewable energy and concession-based projects. Maya Ito is well versed in cross-border energy projects and financing, while Kohei Ishida focuses on solar and wind power projects. In May 2024, Sean Conaty joined the firm’s Tokyo office.
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Work highlights
- Advised Societe Generale on project financing for a 25MWac solar power project in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
- Advised Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., RENOVA, Inc., and Himeji Energy Storage Facility G.K., a Japan-based entity sponsored by Idemitsu Kosan, RENOVA, Nagase & Co., Ltd., and SMFL MIRAI Partners Co., Ltd., on the commercialization and project financing for a grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
- Advising NTT Corporation and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. on the project development of the JUNO trans-Pacific submarine cable system, a new trans-Pacific submarine cable system between the US and Japan.
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Tomohiro Sato