City-Yuwa Partners‘ team advises a mix of major domestic real estate companies and foreign investors on a broad range of matters, including drafting and reviewing agreements for government-funded bodies, advising consulting engineering firms and general contractors on bidding procedures and regulations, and handling EPC contractor disputes. IPO, PPP, PFI and concession projects are also areas of expertise across the team. It is jointly led by Yoshiko Koizumi, Junko Hirakawa and Shigeaki Itoh; Koizumi is noted for her expertise in contract negotiations, dispute prevention and resolution in cross-border transactions. Masamichi Sakamoto advises various clients on real estate investment transactions.
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Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
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Testimonials
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‘City-Yuwa Partners has demonstrated their high proficiency of legal solutions to the complex and sophisticated matters, by offering us clear, coherent and comprehensive advice and counsel, based on various legal viewpoints accumulated overtimes, while taking our bank’s unique stance to each financing transaction as the foreign bank well into consideration, while ensuring compliance with local regulatory requirements.
‘Specific stand-out partners are Masamichi Sakamoto, Kenta Ikebe, Masumi Watanabe and Kentaro Sawata.'
- 'City-Yuwa has effectively advised us on the interpretation of a wide range of laws and regulations, government ordinances, and ordinances directly or indirectly related to our transactions.
- 'City-Yuwa has experience in dealing with a wide range of financing transactions not only in the domestic market but also in overseas markets through any financial institution.'
- 'Through efficient teamwork with and diligent team leading of associate lawyers in the firm, City-Yuwa has deeply and widely committed to improving the experience and capability of individual associate lawyers.
‘They proposed realistic solutions and proceeded with the documentation at the right time to ensure the deal progressed smoothly. In addition, they assemble the appropriate personnel for the task and assign roles based on the level of complexity.’
Lawyers
Leading partners: Bengoshi
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Masamichi Sakamoto
Practice head
Shigeaki Itoh; Junko Hirakawa; Yoshiko Koizumi
Other key lawyers
Masamichi Sakamoto; Daigo Nomura; Kenta Ikebe; Masumi Watanabe; Kentaro Sawata