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Atsumi & Sakai
Alan William Norman Kitchin
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Alan William Norman Kitchin

Senior Partner

Main Practices
Litigation / Arbitration / Dispute Resolution / Banking / Financial Regulation / Aircraft, Ship, and Asset Finance / Project Finance / Acquisition Finance / Venture Practice / M&A, etc. Labor Issues / Corporate Disputes / M&A, Corporate Reorganization, and Joint Ventures / Private Equity and Venture Capital / Inward Investment / Real Estate Transactions / Merger Control (Domestic and International) / General Civil Litigation / Intellectual Property and IT Disputes / Overseas Disputes and Litigation / Corporate Insolvency, Reorganization, and Liquidation / Carbon Neutral / Renewable Energy, etc. / Environmental Law / Global Warming Prevention / PPP, PFI, and Concessions / Europe and the EU
Languages
English / Japanese
Office
Tokyo
Qualifications
Registered Foreign Lawyer (The Laws of England & Wales) (October 1991-April 2002, February 2011-April 2011 and April 2024-current)
Solicitor admitted in England & Wales (1978) *
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Overview

Publications & Seminars

Awards

Registration in Japan

Registered Foreign Lawyer (The Laws of England & Wales) (October 1991-April 2002, February 2011-April 2011 and April 2024-current)
* Atsumi & Sakai is not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for England and Wales.

Admitted

Solicitor admitted in England & Wales (1978)

Bar Association

Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association

Education

University of Cambridge (BA/MA Law, 1975)
- Awarded Squire Law Scholarship (1974)
- Cambridge University Tapp Postgraduate Scholar in Law (1975)

Background

Ashurst, London and Tokyo (1986-2010)
Clifford Chance, Tokyo (2010-2011)
Simpson Kitchin LLP, London (2011-2024)

Member

Chairman, Law Asia Committee on Energy and Infrastructure (2002-2012)

Seminars

  • Chairman of many international conferences including on international trade with the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association
  • Lecturer on international trade at Stanford University
  • Speaker with Boris Johnson then Mayor of London on investment into the UK 
  • Chairman of conferences on project finance with Japan Institute for Overseas Investment