Sidley Austin Nishikawa Foreign Law Joint Enterprise > Tokyo, Japan > Firm Profile

‘Sidley has a lot of experience and enough knowledge to support sponsor side (although Sidley assists lender side as well) in a wide variety of energy businesses. Their know-how covers local practices throughout the globe, and is kept updated, so their explanation to us is always well-tuned considering the background of clients. Sidley also works as an excellent negotiator between counsels.’

‘Daniel Lin’s overall assistance is efficient and effective. He can lead Sidley’s inter-office team well, which is useful when we need to consider more than one matters concurrently including local issues (such as regulations) or multi-national issues (such as competition).’

‘Shigeyuki Ito is a talented lawyer who advises based on his multi-national experience.’

‘Daniel Lin has lots of experience in energy sector and is a very skillful lawyer in that field.’

‘They offer realistic advice from the client’s perspective. They have a lot of experience with various types of deals and know many examples that can be used as references. They work efficiently under the control of their partners when working in teams.’

‘They are always creative and offer appropriate solutions to tough issues from the customer’s viewpoint. They understand our values and thought patterns well and bring us the results we want without detailed instructions. They have strong logical thinking skills and are less likely to concede in negotiations with opposing counsel. Their markup on contracts is minimal and they do not waste time. Sidley Tokyo’s high performance would not be possible without the guidance of and oversight by its partner, Daniel Lin.’

‘The team is always helpful and swift to support our deals with professional views and opinions, detailed explanation, options to take, etc. The team also has lots of experience, enough to provide good recommendation as compared to past examples, market standards.’

‘Daniel Lin is an outstanding lawyer with capabilities in every aspect to support our transactions, with swift responses and thoughtful opinions. What makes Daniel Lin more outstanding is his good command of Japanese as well.’