Ms Tomoko Watanabe > Atsumi & Sakai > Tokyo, Japan > Lawyer Profile

Atsumi & Sakai
FUKOKU SEIMEI BUILDING
2-2-2 UCHISAIWAICHO
CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 100-0011
Japan

Work Department

Finance, General Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law

Position

Partner

Career

The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd. (Now Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.) (April 1998-July 1999)

Languages

Japanese and English

Memberships

Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association

Education

University of Tsukuba (College of Japanese Language and Culture, exited course in 1994)
Waseda University (B.A. in Political Science and Economics, 1998)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Queen Mary, University of London (LL.M. in Commercial and Corporate Law, 2011)
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (LL.M. in International Business Law, 2012)

Lawyer Rankings

Japan > Projects and energy: Independent local firms

(Next Generation Partners: Bengoshi)

Tomoko Watanabe – Atsumi & Sakai

Atsumi & Sakai‘s projects practice is led by Miho Niunoya, Michiaki Hosoi, Akira Shimazaki and Kimiharu Masaki. The diverse practice advises both renewable and traditional forms of energy from wind power to LNG and petrochemicals, and has handled an increasing number of battery storage projects. Further names to note include Yutaka Sakai who excels in solar, biomass and geothermal projects; Mayumi Hongo who has particular experience handling EPC contracts; Tomoko Watanabe who advises ECAs and banks; and Takeshi Takahashi who counts financial institutions and Japanese utilities as clients.