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渥美坂井法律事務所・外国法共同事業
Akira Shimazaki
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Akira Shimazaki

Senior Partner

Beratungsschwerpunkte
Banking / Insurance / Aircraft, Ship, and Asset Finance / Project Finance / Proxy Disputes and Special Shareholders / General Corporate Legal Affairs / Structured Finance and Securitization / Inward Investment / Carbon Neutral / Renewable Energy, etc. / Petroleum, Natural Gas, Minerals and Other Natural Resources / Infrastructure Projects, Construction and Disputes / United Kingdom / Europe and the EU
Sprachen
Japanese / English
Standort
Tokio
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Auszeichnungen

Admitted

Japan (2009) 

Bar Association

Daini Tokyo Bar Association

Education

Sophia University (LL.B., 2005)
Sophia Law School (J.D., 2008)
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
University College London (LL.M., 2018)

Background

White & Case LLP / White & Case Law Offices (January 2010-March 2016)
Secondment with Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) (April 2014-March 2017)
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP (London) (November 2018-May 2019)
Atsumi & Sakai Europe Limited (London) (June 2019-September 2020)

Publications

  • ”Lawyers Guide 2024,"  Lexis Nexis and Business & Law LLC (January 2024) [Interview]

  • Techniques for Utilizing Regional Financing, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (2022) [Co-author]
  • "Survey on Data Collaboration and Utilization of AI, etc. in the Healthcare Sector," the Cabinet Secretariat's National Strategy Office of Information and Communication Technology (Commissioned by Seed Planning, Inc., recommissioned to NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc. and Atsumi & Sakai) (June 2020) [Co-author]
  • Contracts and Practice of Overseas Energy Projects, CHUOKEIZAI-SHA INC. (2019) [Co-author]
  • "The 2014 Global Renewable Energy Guide," Japan Chapter, Çakmak Publishing, Ankara, Turkey. (2014) [Co-author] 
  • "Practical Issues regarding the Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position" NBL, No. 990, Shojihomu  (December, 2012) [Co-author] 
  • "The Current Situation and Use of Arbitration in TOMAC," Asia Maritime. (July/August, 2012) [Co-author]
  • "Working with the United Nations Human Rights Program, A Handbook for Civil Society" Shinzansha Publisher Co.,Ltd., (Originally published by the United Nations; Japanese translation), Shinzansha Publisher Co.,Ltd. (September, 2011) 
  •  "Utilization of the Parallel Debt Structure in the Domestic Syndicated Loan – Centralized Management of Securities by the Joint and Several Claim Structure" SFJ Journal Vol. 5. (August, 2011) [Co-author] 
  •  "A New Approach to Secured Syndicated Loans through the Parallel Debt Structure – How Foreign Countries are applying the Structure and Its Positioning in the Japanese Legal System" NBL, No. 952,953, Shojihomu (May, 2011) [Co-author] 

Web Articles

  • "Lending to a Company in Japan: Regulatory Issues," Practical Law, Thomson Reuters (December, 2023) [Co-author]
  • "Lending to a Company in Japan: Structuring the Transaction," Practical Law, Thomson Reuters (August, 2023) [Co-author]
  • ​"Coronavirus: Government measures in key jurisdictions," Japan Chapter (February 2021) [Co-author]

Seminars

  •  “Part 2: Practices” at a seminar titled "Basics and Practices of Project Finance, Part 1-2," hosted by SHOJIHOMU Co., Ltd., September 11, 2024
  • "Trends and Key Points on Infrastructure and Energy Projects Abroad – Upon Publishing of the Book “Contracts and Practice of Overseas Energy Projects”," hosted by Atsumi & Sakai, supported by Japan Institute for Overseas Investment (JOI), November 20, 2019
  • "Legal Issues in the Japanese Market," at the seminar entitled "Blossom in Japan: Embracing new global opportunities," hosted by The UK’s Department for International Trade, September 18, 2019
  • "How to use Japanese law for international transactions – Recent development of the Civil Code and international harmonisation," at the seminar entitled "Intellectual Property and International Transactions - Legal Insights from Japan," hosted by City, University of London, September 17, 2019
  • Co-speaker at a seminar entitled "Development in Japanese Antitrust Enforcement: A Primer for Foreign-Capitalized Firms," (A series of seminars on Japanese Antitrust Act), January 2014 - June 2014)