Environmental Law / Global Warming Prevention

Atsumi & Sakai’s environmental law team has been proactive in advising in the areas of environmental protection and global warming reduction, including in relation to emissions trading, carbon offsetting and the ‘3Rs’ (reduce, reuse and recycle). Our team maintains an up to date knowledge and awareness of the legal and practical developments in this fast moving field, including advising in the following areas:

Emissions trading
Carbon offsetting
3Rs
Water treatment
Waste disposal
Resource recycling
Environmental risk analysis
Soil contamination

We also:

have extensive experience advising on projects in the water treatment, waste disposal, and resource recycling sectors and in representing sponsors, operators, funds, and financial institutions (banks and other investors) in the development and subsequent phases of renewable energy projects;
actively supporting companies involved in corporate decarbonization through the use of non-fossil certificates, J-credits, and the introduction of on-site PPAs; and
engage in researching domestic and international policies and legal systems as well as studying the commercialization of domestic and international CCS/CCUS and hydrogen utilization for the realization of smart city projects and zero-emission projects.

When advising foreign clients, our firm can field a team of expert Japanese lawyers and foreign lawyers who have relevant experience and bi-cultural sensitivity. Our team can do business and draft documents in Japanese, English, German, Mandarin, Hindi, Korean, and Marathi, and provides services around the clock through our global affiliated offices.