Principal - Finance & Project Group, Renewable Energy Group Co-Head, Baker McKenzie

Biography

Naoaki "Nick" Eguchi Principal, Co-head of the Renewable Energy GroupMember of Finance & Project Group, Tokyo +81 3 6271 9441 [email protected] 2021 CHAMBERS Asia Pacific RANKED IN BAND 1 LAWYER, PROJECTS & ENERGY Naoaki "Nick" Eguchi is Co-head of the Tokyo office's Renewable Energy Group. Nick's practice focuses on Renewable Energy, Project Finance, Infrastructure PPP/PFI. He was a special member of the Japanese Government Cabinet Office (Naikaku-fu)'s PFI Promotion Committee (2010 – 2020). Nick is a member of the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA) since 2006 and the leader of Offshore Wind Finance Task Force since 2020 and co-authored “Offshore Wind Finance Guide Book” vol.1 2021. Representative work for Nick includes: more than 1GW Offshore Wind projects on Port Offshore Wind projects (220WM and 150MW) and two Round 1 Auction advice, 17 onshore wind power projects totaling more than 300 MW, advised a Japanese utility company for their due diligence and SPA negotiation of European offshore wind project. on solar power, project finance of Marubeni's 82 MW Oita No. 6 solar power plant, SB Energy / Mitsui & Co's 111 MW Tomatoh and 43 MW Yonago solar power plants and Renova's 40 MW Futtsu solar power plant among more than 250 projects totaling over 3,000 MW last 9 years. on biomass power, financing of 75 MW x 3 and 50 MW x 5 biomass power projects in total more than 500 MW. Nick was involved in project finance (1) to Universal Studios in Osaka financed by SMBC, the Development Bank of Japan and other syndicated banks (USD 1.1 billion), (2) to Soma Port of 1, 180 MW Gas-to-Power (USD 1.3 billion) for JAPEX, Mitsui & Co, Osaka Gas and other sponsors and, (3) to Fukushima 1,080 MW IGCC power project (USD 2.65 billion) for MUFG Bank and other syndicated banks, (4) to Hokkaido 7 Airports PPP project (USD 3.32 billion) for sponsors.