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Tsugumichi Watanabe

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tsugu.watanabe@morganlewis.com

Tokyo Phone +81.3.4578.2509 Fax +81.3.4578.2501

Marunouchi Building 16F//2-4-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku//Tokyo 100-6316, Japan

日本語

Tsugu Watanabe’s practice focuses on financing matters with particular emphasis on: project finance and infrastructure transactions; leveraged and asset-based lending financings, including aircraft financings; loan trading; and loan restructurings and refinancings, including in a bankruptcy context.

Tsugu counsels clients in real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters, including employment issues involving Japanese affiliates of multinational companies. He also assists Japanese clients in international arbitration proceedings and US litigation, and he advises both Japanese and non-Japanese clients on cross-border transactions originating from inside and outside Japan. Tsugu has been assisting a Japanese not-for-profit that provides programs and training to disadvantaged young Japanese to become the next generation of leaders of Japan. Tsugu speaks fluent Japanese.

Awards and Affiliations

Member, Practice Group of the Year, Energy, Law360 (2016)

Daini Tokyo Bar Association

Recognized, Energy and Project Finance, The Best Lawyers in Japan (2012–2022)

Admissions

  • New York
  • Registered Foreign Lawyer in Japan, Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi

Education

  • Harvard Law School, 1981, Juris Doctor
  • Harvard University, 1978, Master of Arts
  • Harvard College, 1976, Bachelor of Arts

Sectors

  • Energy
  • Insurance
  • Banking

Services

  • Transactional Finance
  • Project Finance Infrastructure Natural Resources
  • Corporate Finance Investment Management
  • Mergers Acquisitions
  • International Finance
  • Structured Transactions
  • Shareholder Activism Defense

Regions

  • Asia-Pacific
  • Japan

Events

2/24/2021 - On the Road to Net Zero – Hydrogen and Other Paths

News

12/19/2016 - Morgan Lewis Advises Kenedix Asia in Announced Sponsor Participation in AmanahRaya REIT

Publications

4/2/2021 - Race Around the World to Achieve Net Zero Energy Consumption

8/20/2019 - Recent Japanese IP High Court Ruling May Increase Future Patent Damages Awards

6/28/2019 - Patent Litigation in Japan, Intellectual Property Magazine

4/2/2014 - The Amendment to the Real Estate Syndication Act and Its Impact on Real Estate Securitization Transactions in Japan