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Environment, Energy & Real Estate Law

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When foreigners invest to these assets and projects in Japan, they are required to comply with environmental, energy and real estate laws. Violation of these laws may create disputes with local stakeholders and may lower the value of their invested assets and projects. We help investors and corporations to comply with environment, energy, & real estate law and to conduct the appropriate due diligence.

Our areas of practices include:

  • Environmental Law

  • Energy Law

  • Ocean & Water Management

  • Real Estate Law

  • Project & Asset Finance

Paper

Revision of OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Calls for Enhanced Environmental Management

Media:

Environmental Management 2023 November Issue

Date:

November 10, 2023

Media

Annual Symposium 2022 "Renewable Energy - Efforts of States, Local Communities, and Business and Roles of Lawyers"

Media:

Kanto Federation of Bar Associations

Date:

April 2023

Media

Environmental Due Diligence - An Increasing Influence of Environemental Law through Supply Chains

Media:

GEMBA

Date:

February 2023

Book

Legal Practices on Renewable Energy, Second Edition

Publisher:

Co-author, Keisoshobo

Date:

October 2022

Paper

Legal issues on renewable energy business and local communities -- Opportunies and challenges on Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures

Media:

Environemental Management 2022 August Issue

Date:

August 2022

Paper

Decarbonization" Court Decision against Shell: Impact of Viewing Climate Change as Human Rights Violation

Media:

Nikkei ESG, October 2021 Issue

Date:

September 2021

Paper

Promotion of Sustainable Offshore Wind Power Generation Business from a Lawyer's Perspective

Media:

Environmental Management, May 2021 Issue

Date:

May 2021

Book

Legal practices on sustainable regional revitalization and on preservation and use of "satoyama/satoumi"

Publisher:

Co-author and co-editor, Keisoshobo

Date:

January 2021

Paper

Legal Response to Climate Change Risks

Media:

New Business Law No.1172, Shojihomu

Date:

May 2020

Paper

Environmental Due Diligence: Based on Regulatory Trends on Responsible Busines Conduct and Supply Chain Due Diligence

Media:

Environmental Management, May 2020 Issue

Date:

April 2020

Strategic Legal Practices for Supporting Sustainability/ESG Management

Organizer:

Role:

Date:

Shoji Homu Business Law School

Lecturer

August 2, 2024

Environmental Due Diligence Seminar

Organizer:

Role:

Date:

Ministry of Environment

Panelist

March 18, 2024

Business and Human Rights and the Environment: Advancing Due Diligence
-2023 Update of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct-

Organizer:

Role:

Date:

IDE-JETRO

Panelist

July 6, 2023

Lecturer (Environmental Law and CSR), Faculty of Law, Sophia University

Period:

2016 - Every Two Year

Consultant, Centre for Responsible Business Conduct, OECD

Period:

2020 - 2021

Chair, Environmental Protection Committee, First Tokyo Bar Association

Period:

2021 - Present

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