Sidley Austin Foreign Law Joint Enterprise’s energy and infrastructure team continues to gain traction in the Japan projects and energy space. Daniel Lin has considerable experience handling cross-border conventional energy and infrastructure transactions as well as renewable energy and energy transition matters. He leads the team alongside co-managing partner Tomoki Ishiara. Shigeyuki Ito advises Japanese and Asia-based clients on renewable energy and LNG project development, among other issues.
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- ‘Daniel Lin has excellent leadership skills. Daniel can not only instruct the team members in various offices but at certain times play a role as the main negotiator and draft documents by himself.'
- 'Shigeyuki Ito is a talented associate under Daniel's team. Shige has plenty of knowledge of practices from the early stage of documentation until closing. A good assistant to clear up day-to-day issues which the client came across.’
- ‘Daniel Lin is a great lawyer dedicated to providing top-notch legal advice and support. I have no hesitation trusting Daniel to assist with our company's most challenging and sensitive projects.'
- 'They are always accessible and extremely responsive. We value their ability to provide commercially workable solutions. They are also flexible with fees.’
‘A responsive team which is client-oriented and very commercial. Able to respond quickly to cater to business demands.'
‘The team has exceptional knowledge and skills, both from theoretical and practical aspects, concerning the energy sector. It has great experience in sponsor and lender-side mandates. Exceptional negotiation and drafting skills.’
Key clients
- Bitdeer Technologies Holdings Limited
- Kyuden International Corporation
- Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
- Jera Co., Inc. and Jera Americas Inc.
- Sembcorp Industries Pte. Ltd.
Work highlights
- Advised Chubu Electric on its first ever investment to develop a greenfield offshore wind farm outside of Japan (the 756 MW HKW-A offshore wind project in the Netherlands).
- Advised Bitdeer Technologies Holdings Limited, a Singapore-based Nasdaq-listed crypto-mining company, on the development and construction of a “green” 100MW crypto-mining farm in Bhutan.
- Advised JERA on structuring and executing the partial sell-down of its interest in the Freeport LNG project in Texas, USA, to JPAEX of Japan.
Lawyers
Practice head
Daniel Lin; Tomoki Ishiara
Other key lawyers
Shigeyuki Ito