Linklaters

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

• ‘Hirofumi Taba is an outstanding partner in Tokyo. He has rich experience in the energy sector, especially in transactions relating to investments made by Japanese corporations. Such experience and lessons learned from it enable him to stand out from his competitors.'

• 'Paul Grethe-Watanabe is a unique lawyer in terms of responsiveness to clients' needs. He always focuses on providing adequate input to clients in quite a short time frame, which enables the client to decide promptly.'

• ‘Mamoru Ikeda and the entire Linklaters team are strong communicators who provide commercially-minded, legally robust support to our company in a variety of different legal fields. They give special attention to learning about the business to provide the optimal support.’

• ‘Linklaters provides pragmatic, sensible and legally robust advice on complex projects with challenging timelines. They are approachable and provide fast turn-around times.’

• ‘They are always quick to mobilise additional specialists when needed and are good at driving progress across the wider deal process. They offer high-quality advice on often complex matters in often high-pressure situations. They are commercially minded and good at problem-solving to unblock bottlenecks. There is very strong partner leadership.'

Key clients

• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure
• Envision
• Chugoku Electric Power Co Inc
• Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
• Kansai Electric Power Co Inc
• Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI)
• Northland Power
• Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
• Marubeni Corporation

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