Akira Shimazaki

Akira Shimazaki has been a partner in Atsumi & Sakai since 2021; he heads the firm’s Project Finance Team providing advice to ECAs, commercial lenders, leasing companies, major power and gas companies, trading companies and shipping companies in various project finances including energy and natural resources developments, power plants, infrastructure, mining, renewable energy projects, ships (FPSO) and tankers.

• Represented major shipping companies on their LNG vessels financing.
• Advised ECAs and commercial banks on LNG upstream/downstream projects.
• Advised ECAs and commercial banks on FPSO construction/operation projects.
• Advised Japanese power and gas companies on their LNG transactions.

• Asset finance
• Banking
• PPP/PFI
• Project development
• Project finance

• Banking
• Energy
• Natural resources
• Oil and gas
• Shipping

• Japan

• Daini Tokyo Bar Association

• Sophia University (LL.B., 2005)
• Sophia Law School (J.D., 2008)
• University College London (LL.M., 2018)