Shigeki Okatani

Mori Hamada - Japan

Partner

Tokyo

Notable Practitioner

Japanese / English


Jurisdiction:

Japan

Practice area:

Banking and finance

Industry sectors:

Energy


Shigeki Okatani leads the firm’s energy and infrastructure practice. He has extensive experience representing developers, investors and lenders in renewable energy projects, battery storage projects and hydrogen projects. His practice encompasses project development, project finance, transactions involving electricity, gas, environmental attributes, and carbon credits, as well as mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and dispute resolution. He also advises clients in the electricity and gas, chemical, semiconductor, and semiconductor equipment industries.

  • Report on the Study Results on the Diversification of Investment Assets by Investment Corporations in the “Study Group on the Future of the Infrastructure Fund Market” at the Tokyo Stock Exchange
  • Development, construction and project financing of Aichi-Tahara Biomass Power Plant (74,950kW)​
  • ​Privatization of Takara Leben Infrastructure Fund, Inc. by its sponsor, Takara Leben Co., Ltd. (currently, MIRARTH HOLDINGS, Inc.) (representing Takara Leben Infrastructure Fund, Inc.)

  • The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2002)
  • Seconded to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Government of Japan (2005-2006)
  • University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M., 2009)