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Mamoru Ikeda

Mamoru Ikeda is a counsel and a member of the Coporate Mergers and Acquisitons practice group. He focuses his practice on energy and energy assets and transactions, advising domestic and international developers, sponsors, investors, financial institutions, and lenders on the development, financing, acquisition, disposition, and operation of energy and infrastructure assets.

His practice encompasses renewables, including solar and wind projects, as well as energy storage and distributed resources, including grid-scale battery energy storage projects and smart meter deployment projects. He also advises clients on power off-take and market transactions, including physical and virtual power purchase agreements, aggregator arrangements, wholesale power trading, and related regulatory matters.

Mamoru has extensive experience in energy finance, project development, and energy and infrastructure M&A, including financing and acquisitions of individual projects, portfolios, and platforms. He also advises on matters involving liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen and clean ammonia, as well as digital and energy-intensive infrastructure, including interconnector, fiber network, and subsea cable projects.

Prior to joining the firm, Mamoru practiced for many years at leading international and Japanese law firms in Tokyo, focusing on energy and infrastructure projects and transactions. He also completed a secondment to the Singapore branch of a major Japanese financial institution, where he gained in-house experience in cross-border financing and banking matters. While working at Japan’s leading domestic law firms early in his career, Mamoru was deeply involved in asset finance transactions. In particular, he has experience in aviation finance matters, representing leasing companies, trading houses, domestic and international banks, and other financial investors.

  • Member, General Affairs Committee, Working Group for Promotion of Pro Bono Activities, Daini Tokyo Bar Association, 2010–2014 
  • Pro Bono Volunteer, Planning and Estates Law Project, City Bar Justice Center, New York City, 2015
     
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