A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman’s banking and finance team in Tokyo offers broad expertise that covers acquisition/corporate finance, leveraged finance, microfinance and social investment, and restructuring matters, among others. The team is especially strong handling cross-border project finance mandates, recently advising the lenders in relation to a major iron ore ‘pellet feed’ production plant in Brazil. Energy transition specialists Matthias Voss and Scott Neilson jointly lead the group. Xue Wang, whose expertise also includes energy transition and green energy projects, regularly works with Chinese financial institutions, investors, and project sponsors. Hitomi Komachi is also a key contact with experience in the renewables, LNG, and mining spaces.