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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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.'
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