Adrian Joyce
Nishimura & AsahiNishimura & Asahi‘s shipping team advises the maritime industry on all aspects of domestic and cross-border ship chartering matters, marine container leasing, and financing transactions, including ship purchases, chartering, and debt financing. The team is led by Katsu Sengoku, who specialises in ship leasing, financing, and trading. Kosuke Shibukawa brings extensive experience in asset finance transactions involving vessels, marine containers, and aircraft, while Nobuhiko Harada offers expertise in vessel financing, chartering, and sales and purchases of vessels and marine containers. Key figures also include Adrian Joyce, who advises sponsors and financiers on complex cross-border projects and asset finance in the shipping, offshore, and LNG sectors, and Kentaro Miyagi, who specialises in asset finance and provides counsel on ship leasing, financing, and trading transactions.
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Work highlights
- Advised a number of different clients on numerous JOLCO/JOL transactions involving more than 50 transactions, in most cases serving as the lessor's counsel.
- Advised Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) and other consortium members on all aspects of the project financing of a W-Max LNG carrier, chartered long-term to Petronas LNG Ltd.
- Advised Tokyo Century Corporation on all relevant matters, including the restructuring of multiple loan facilities and participation in the novel parallel use of Dutch WHOA proceedings and an English scheme of arrangement in connection with the restructuring of Vroon Group B.V.
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Kosuke Shibukawa
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Katsu Sengoku