律师

岩田圭祐

银行及金融, 全球项目

概览

岩田圭祐是美博东京办事处的律师。他拥有英格兰和威尔斯以及新加坡的执业资格，也有在亚洲三大金融中心 (东京，香港和新加坡)工作的经验。

岩田律师帮助日本和其他客户处理跨境开发项目及相关融资事宜，也经常为市场领先的国际银行就处理结构性融资与证券化交易事宜提供法律服务。他的经验还涵盖新兴市场投资所涉及的多样复杂问题，比如白领犯罪调查及合资企业争议，还有涉及离岸金融中心的数十亿美元破产案件。

在从事律师行业之前，他曾任共同通讯社集团的记者，主要作为常驻东南亚和香港的外国记者报道商业和经济新闻。除了法律学位外，他还拥有国际关系专业的硕士学位。

Projects, structured finance, derivatives

Acted for a Japanese export credit agency in connection with a USD480 million import loan facility agreement with a Brazilian iron ore producer.
Acted for a Japanese trading house as an offtaker in connection with a US blue ammonia project, including an offtake agreement and a corresponding down-stream supply agreement.
Assisted a HK-listed oil and gas company in a USD150 mil. structured financing project involving funding based on crude oil development rights.
Acted for a Hong Kong government entity in an interest rate swap hedging arrangement in connection with HK$4 bil. (USD500 mil.) facilities received to fund its urban development mandates.
Supported documentation of total return swaps for an APAC-based financial institution as a lender/investor in relation to restructuring of its minority stakes in various projects held through offshore vehicles.

Assisted a HK-listed holding company of PRC-based utilities and consumer goods providers in relation to interest rate and currency swaps to hedge FX risks associated with the projects revenues in RMB against its USD-denominated bonds.

Corporate trustee counsel

Represented a NY-headquartered global banking group's APAC corporate trustee team in various large-scale debt financing projects, including:
- USD1.5 bil. exchangeable bonds issuance by a PRC-based IT giant;
- USD1 bil. corporate bonds issuance by a Japanese telecommunications company;
- established private equity funds' various funding projects based on a cross-border margin loan facility secured by listed Japanese shares.
Represented a Hong Kong-based global banking group's corporate trustee team in various large-scale debt financing projects, including:
- HKD1.5 bil. asset-backed securities issuance by a Hong Kong-based private credit;
- HKD2.3 bil. convertible bonds issuance by a HK-listed online video platform operator;
- High-yield bonds issuance, destressed bonds exchange, associated consent solicitation projects by various PRC-based real estate developers.
Represented a private banking arm of UK-headquartered global financial group (acting on behalf of PRC-based private companies, ultra-high-net-worth individuals) in various equity collar transactions referencing listed shares.

Others*

Assisted various Tokyo-listed companies and Japan subsidiaries of MNCs in conducting independent legal audits and voluntary investigations over their potential corporate and internal misconducts, including suspected misappropriation, breaches of directors' duties, workplace harassment, antitrust and other regulatory violation.
Assisted a Japanese food & beverage manufacturer in disputes with its foreign joint venture partner, including reviewing JV directors' potential breaches of trust, contentious dissolution of the JV entity, acquisition of its business assets and intellectual properties.
Assisted a Japanese court-appointed trustee in bankruptcy of a billionaire individual in relation to realisation and repatriation of his assets spanning over multiple jurisdictions including Cayman Islands, the BVI, Panama, Switzerland and Singapore.

* Representation occurred prior to joining Mayer Brown.