Infrastructure Projects, Construction and Disputes

Atsumi & Sakai has one of Japan’s top-tier PPP and infrastructure practices, led by a partner recognized by independent commentators as being a leading practitioner in the field.

 

The team provides a comprehensive service in fields ranging from infrastructure and plant construction to official development assistance (ODA) and public-private partnership (PPP) businesses, both in Japan and overseas. These services include FS business support and the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts, design and build (DB) contracts, design, build and maintain (DBM) contracts, and EPC contracts, as well as joint-venture agreements and shareholder agreements. We also have significant experience in:

• International construction contracts published by  the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC), the Engineering Advancement Association of Japan (ENAA), the American Institute of Architects (AIA) as well as the New Engineering Contract (NEC)
• Standard construction contracts and the operation of joint ventures for public and private works in Japan
• Support for Japanese and overseas public and private bid and tender procedures
• Intra-consortium contracts
• Project finance
• Infrastructure export projects by governmental development assistance organizations, public-private funds, and procurement agents
• Dispute resolution in construction and energy businesses

Our team also has significant experience in advising on foreign projects with Japanese interests and can call on our foreign lawyers admitted in other jurisdictions, in particular the US and England, for support as needed.

 

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.

 

 

Related Practices

Related Publications

• “JAPAN: An Introduction to Construction,” Chambers and Partners (2023) [Co-author]
• “Getting the Deal Through – Public-Private Partnerships 2022,” Japan Chapter (Law Business Research Ltd.)(2021) [Co-author]
• “Construction and projects in Japan: overview,” Construction and Projects Global Guide 2021/22, Practical Law (Thomson Reuters) (2021) [Co-author]
• Contracts and Practice of Overseas Energy Projects, CHUOKEIZAI-SHA INC. (2019) [Co-author]

Related Seminars

• “Basics and Practices of Project Finance, Part 1-2,” hosted by SHOJIHOMU Co., Ltd., September 11, 2024
• Keynote speech at the general meeting for the establishment of J-NORE, a public-private network for the overseas real estate industry, held on October 27, 2020
• “Public Offerings and Contracts for PPP Businesses,” held on September 7, 2019
• Panelist at a panel discussion entitled “Investing and financing in property and infrastructure projects in the Asia Pacific region, from both an investor’s and target’s perspective,” at the IBA 6th Asia Pacific Regional Forum Biennial Conference: Unified Asia, hosted by the International Bar Association, March 1, 2019

 

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