Nishimura & Asahi

Nishimura & Asahi‘s group has expertise across a wide spectrum of financing transactions, including acquisition finance, container leasing and plant facilities leasing matters. The practice is co-led by Kosuke Shibukawa who advises leasing companies and banks on cross-border asset finance matters relating to a diverse range of assets, and Takashi Saito who brings particular strengths in acquisition finance, subscription finance, syndicated lending and other complex banking transactions, acting for major Japanese banks and mezzanine lenders therein. Katsu Sengoku focuses on ship and aircraft finance as well as structured finance and securitisation cases, while Adrian Joyce is has experience in project finance. Hideo Horikoshi advises corporate borrowers, government agencies and financial institutions on acquisition and project finance, cross-border syndicated lending, equity investments and financing structures.