Hitomi Komachi
Partner
Tokyo
Hitomi Komachi
Partner
Tokyo
Contact details
Hitomi has extensive experience advising on a wide range of project development and financing transactions in the energy and infrastructure sector.
She also has complementary acquisition financing and restructuring experience particularly in the lifecycle of energy and infrastructure assets. She regularly acts for sponsors, export credit agencies, development financing institutions and financiers globally on innovative first in kind transactions in emerging markets. She is a co-founder and a core member of the Hydrogen Interest Group, A&O's internal global network of practitioners sharing know-how and experiences on energy transition opportunities.
Hitomi advises on hydrogen, ammonia, sustainable aviation fuel and e-methanol projects for global shipping companies, trading companies and developers, in addition to her traditional practice advising on renewable power, LNG and petrochemical and refinery projects. She regularly contributes to publications on energy transition and energy security, including as part of the firm's Financing the gap: a blueprint for decarbonisation and Reflections on COP series.
Hitomi has been recognised as a "Rising Star" for Projects & Energy in Japan by the Asia Pacific Legal 500 directory since 2020.
Qualifications
Professional
Registered Foreign Lawyer (England & Wales), Japan, 2020 (Tokyo Bar Association)
Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2010
Academic
Bachelor of Science, International Relations, The London School of Economics and Political Science, 2006
LLB, the College of Law, 2008
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Publications: 23 November 2023
Emerging Asia powering ahead with decarbonisation agenda
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Publications: 11 April 2023
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Qualifications
Professional
Registered Foreign Lawyer (England & Wales), Japan, 2020 (Tokyo Bar Association)
Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2010
Academic
Bachelor of Science, International Relations, The London School of Economics and Political Science, 2006
LLB, the College of Law, 2008
Recognition
Rising Star: Projects & Energy (Japan - International Firms and Joint Ventures)
Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2020-2023
