Asset Finance

We are the largest asset finance team in Japan, with more than 30 years of experience and unparalleled expertise in this area. Our team is unique in Japan, in terms of both our experience and capabilities, with more than twenty lawyers qualified in a range of jurisdictions, including Japan, the US, Australia, Singapore, and India, most of whom speak English and Japanese (among other languages). We are market leaders in advising on tax-oriented transactions known as “Japanese Operating Lease Transactions with Call Options (“JOLCOs”) across the aviation, shipping, and container sectors.
Our team regularly acts as counsel to lenders, lessors, lessees, and ECAs in connection with domestic and cross-border asset finance transactions covering the following matters:
• aircraft leasing/financing transactions (including aircraft purchases, leasing, and debt financing and restructuring);
• ship chartering/financing and marine container leasing/financing transactions (including ship purchases, chartering, and debt financing and restructuring); and
• LNG and offshore deals (including LNG carriers, FSRU, and FPSOs).
We also provide legal advice on possible structures, establishment of special purpose companies, documentation, negotiation of contracts, and closing of transactions.
As a full-service law firm, Nishimura & Asahi is capable of advising on a wide variety of aviation, shipping, and other asset matters, from sanctions to tax, and from disputes, insolvency, and restructuring to competition and anti-trust matters.

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