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Morrison Foerster’s project finance group in Tokyo handles significant international matters in the renewable energy, mining, transport, and LNG spaces, among others. Michael Graffagna has considerable experience advising sponsors and developers on the development, acquisition, divestment, and financing of large infrastructure projects in the APAC region and around the world. He leads the practice alongside Dale Caldwell, who often acts for lenders, project sponsors and construction contractors in connection with the development and financing of infrastructure projects. Masahiro Shiga specialises in renewable energy project finance.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Dale Caldwell is the lead partner covering our investments in the wider energy sector in Japan. He is exceptionally intelligent, and very experienced in multiple areas and his advice is always thoughtful and addresses both the legal and commercial aspects of the situation. He is probably the most experienced legal counsel in the space of energy and M&As in Japan.'
- ‘Dale Caldwell is very hands-on and provides sensible strategic advice while having a breadth of experience to appreciate and anticipate counterparty positions. Dale is supported by strong junior partners and senior associates on both the Japanese law and US law sides for our major transactions in M&A and financing. Masahiro Shiga is also very solid in Japanese law / Japanese language transactions, together with regulatory advice from Fumi Hori.’
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Key clients
- JERA Co., Inc.
- SoftBank Group Corp. / SB Energy
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Work highlights
- Advised PAG Renewables on a multifaceted transaction involving the development of a 34.55MW solar power project, the preparation and negotiation of a power purchase agreement with a corporate off-taker, the long-term limited-recourse project financing for the development, construction and operation of the project, and the preparation and negotiation of a purchase and sale agreement to sell the project once it is put into commercial operation.
- Advised PAG Renewables and its affiliated project company on restructuring the project company to spin out certain assets and liabilities that would not be financed through a corporate split transaction, refinancing existing project financing debt and incurring new limited recourse project financing debt for its existing solar power project and two additional solar power projects.
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