Students at St. Mary's International School and Seisen International School Intern for a Week

Jason is a Philippine and New York-qualified partner with considerable experience in advising clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters throughout Asia and the Pacific region. He has designed investment structures for multinational companies investing in both Japan and abroad, and has negotiated and advised clients on numerous contractual undertakings, including multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions (strategic acquisitions, investments, divestitures and joint ventures), IP-licensing agreements, and other cross-border transactions. His experience spans diverse sectors including construction & infrastructure, consumer & retail, energy, fintech, life sciences, manufacturing & industrial, and private equity. Jason has also represented and advised clients on international disputes, arbitration and litigation.

Jason has practiced law in Japan for almost two decades and, prior to joining Nishimura & Asahi, was a partner at a major Japanese law firm. He has been consistently recognized as one of The Best Lawyers™ in Japan for International Business Transactions. In addition to his work with clients, Jason is active in various international legal organizations and chambers of commerce in Japan. 
 

Adrian has considerable experience advising lenders, sponsors and ECAs on energy, transportation and infrastructure in, Japan, APAC, the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. He is recognised as a market leader for project finance and asset finance and regularly advises Japanese and international clients on the development and financing of cross-border energy, infrastructure and transportation projects. Highly regarded for his commercial acumen, Adrian is recognised in Chambers Global and Chambers APAC for “Projects & Energy: International” and “Banking & Finance: International Asset Finance” and in The Legal 500 for "Projects and Finance”, “Shipping” and “Banking and Finance” for which he is ranked as a “Leading Individual”. Recent experience includes advising sponsors and lenders on: • LNG: a large number of LNG vessel financings (20 vessels since 2020), SPAs and joint ventures; • Infrastructure: projects including five subsea cable financings in APAC and the Americas and two infrastructure projects in Japan; • Renewables: greenfield projects and project sales in Japan and APAC including solar, wind and waste to energy. • Asset finance: debt finance, restructurings, SLB, ESG and JOLCOs in the shipping and aviation sectors. Adrian attended the University of Tokyo and University of Waseda and speaks and reads Japanese.

In the field of Competition Law, Daniel provides support in complex merger filings, cartel cases, leniency applications, internal investigations, and general antitrust matters. In the field of International Trade Law, Daniel has been involved in a wide range of matters, including WTO disputes, trade remedies (anti-dumping, subsidies, safeguards, anti-circumvention measures) domestically and internationally, and matters involving economic partnership agreements such as the CPTPP. Daniel is known for his deep understanding of each topic and practical approach.

Based on her experience working on a wide range of domestic and international corporate matters including various matters in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries for more than seven years and overseas study and business experience in the UK for three years, she has been engaged in supporting Japanese companies in dealing with sustainability issues, while collaborating in various legal fields and jurisdictions including M&A, labour issues, European law and Asian law. She also has a strong ability to work with various stakeholders based on her experience working as an external collaborator for the International Labor Organization (ILO). She also advises Japanese companies in the area of Business and Human Rights.
She was also the lead in the development of the "Guideline for Responsible Business Conduct for the Textile and Clothing Industry of Japan" for human rights due diligence in the textile and apparel industry, which was formulated by the Japan Textile Federation in July 2022, as an external collaborator for the International Labor Organization (ILO).
In addition to serving as a member of various government study groups on human rights and environmental issues and as a member of the sustainability advisory board of a Japanese listed company, she has accepted numerous requests to be an instructor for in-house training, including executive training, and participated as a presenter in various seminars.
- Managing member of the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Network in Japan
- A member of the Advisory Mediation Committee of the Japan Center for Engagement and Remedies on Business and Human Rights (JaCER)
- Senior Advisor at the General Incorporated Association Chubu SDGs Promotion Center
- Business Human Rights (BHR) Committee/Human Rights Law Committee Member at the International Bar Association

More than 6 years of experience engaging with SCL Nishimura & Asahi in Bangkok. Currently working in practice of finance, corporate and commercial (e.g. commercial contract drafting, full scale of corporate works: business incorporation, dissolution & liquidation, business and asset restructuring, M&A such as entire business transfer: EBT, partial business transfer: PBT, amalgamation, share subscription, share purchase, joint venture, and legal due diligence). Also, engaging in several speaker events as well as being visiting lecturer for Thai universities, namely, Bangkok University and Chiangmai University. 

Graduated Master's Degree (LL.M.) in International Tax Law and EU Tax Law from Uppsala University, Sweden, under the offer and award from the Swedish Institute Study Scholarships 2017 (SISS), and LL.B in Business Law Major from Chulalongkorn University with honour. 

Also, interested in business trends, investment, economics, cryptocurrencies and Web 3.0’s on-going global trend and its development e.g. blockchain, tokenomics and etc.