The team at City-Yuwa Partners provides ‘pragmatically useful advice’ and assists Japanese companies and financial institutions with project financing for renewable energy development. Team leader Masamichi Sakamoto is well versed in cross-border real estate and energy transactions, advising foreign investors and developers on solar power project development in Japan. Yukinori Sasaki is another key figure, specialising in the renewable energy power generation sector.
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'City-Yuwa Partners has demonstrated high proficiency in delivering clear, coherent, and comprehensive legal solutions for complex matters, considering our bank's unique stance as a foreign bank while ensuring regulatory compliance. Their accurate advice enhanced our ability to evaluate complicated transactions with precision. By collaborating among partners and associates, they provided optimal, tailored legal solutions, fostering expertise and continuous learning. This approach ensured seamless legal services from consultation to the final closing of financings and loan disbursements.'
- 'City Yuwa has always proactively engaged in innovative financing schemes without being bound only by traditional or stereotyped structures. The team's speciality has incomparable value with positive passion, energy and experience, and know-how, domestically and internationally.'
‘The team is able to implement pragmatically useful advice on a wide range of matters with a high degree of expertise and a deep understanding of client requirements.’
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Practice head
Masamichi Sakamoto
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Yukinori Sasaki