Mr Shigeki Okatani > Mori Hamada & Matsumoto > Tokyo, Japan > Lawyer Profile
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Offices
16TH FLOOR, MARUNOUCHI PARK BUILDING
2-6-1 MARUNOUCHI, CHIYODA-KU
TOKYO 100-8222
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Mr Shigeki Okatani
Work Department
Energy and Infrastructure Practice Group
Position
Partner / Energy and Infrastructure
Career
Admitted in Japan (2003) and New York (2011).
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (since 2003, promoted to partner in 2016)
seconded to Investment Banking Products Group, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. (2010-2011)
seconded to Clayton Utz, Brisbane Office, Australia (2009-2010)
seconded to Commercial and Consumer Credit Division of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Government of Japan (2005-2006)
Languages
Japanese and English
Memberships
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Education
The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2002)
University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M., 2009)
Lawyer Rankings
Japan > Projects and energy: Independent local firms
(Leading individuals: Bengoshi)The projects and energy team at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto is jointly led by Masanori Sato, Takahiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Mukawa, Naoki Ishikawa, and Shigeki Okatani. The group’s expertise spans a range of areas within the energy sector, encompassing biomass projects, photovoltaic projects and power plant construction projects, and has seen an increasing number of instructions in corporate PPA matters. It also handles energy-related construction and project financing transactions. With the addition of Yuko Nihonmatsu and Mihoko Shima to the team in 2022, the group continued to strengthen its position in the PFI/PPP space. Among the sizeable team, Kei Shirakawa advises both project finance lenders and borrowers on energy and infrastructure projects and renewable energy transactions; Okatani has an established position in the offshore wind market in Japan; Yusuke Murakami represents the Japanese government in various offshore wind projects; and Hironobu Noma has experience in a range of PFI projects and project finance transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals: Bengoshi Japan > Projects and energy: Independent local firms
- Projects and energy: Independent local firms Japan
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- Investment funds: Independent local firms
- Labour and employment: Independent local firms
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- Projects and energy: Independent local firms
- Real estate and construction: Independent local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency: Independent local firms
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- TMT: Independent local firms