Takao Higuchi
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Senior Statespeople : Projects & Energy: Domestic
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About
Provided by Takao Higuchi
Practice Areas
Banking, project finance, corporate finance, PFI, infrastructure project and general corporate.
Career
Joined Nagashima & Ohno in 1989. Became a partner of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu in 2001. Trained at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (currently Milbank) and Linklaters & Paines (currently Linklaters).
Professional Memberships
Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association; New York Bar Association.
Publications
"The newly introduced FIT system in Japan" (Privatisation & Public Private Partnership Review 2013/2014(EUROMONEY YEARBOOKS)). "Fundamental Theories of Natural Resource/Infrastructure Public Private Partnership Projects" (Japanese language) (Kinyu Zaisei Jijo Kenyukai, June 2014). "Natural Resource and PPP infrastructure Projects and Project Finance, Business Theories and Taxonomies" (Springer, October 2018).
Personal
LLB, University of Tokyo, 1987; LLM, Columbia Law School, 1995.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Takao Higuchi has forged a formidable reputation as one of Japan’s most respected project finance lawyers. He also offers additional experience of PFI and PPP work.