
Jun Irie
Associate Tokyo
Jun is an Associate in the Assets & Structured Finance group.
Jun is a licensed Japanese lawyer (Bengoshi) and focusses primarily on asset finance transactions with a particular focus on the aviation and maritime sectors. He advises banks, leasing companies, corporate investors and other financial institutions on cross-border transactions.
Prior to joining WFW, he worked for seven and a half years as an in-house counsel at the Legal Department of one of the largest Japanese trading conglomerates (Sogoshosha), where he had extensive experience in cross-border corporate and M&A, project, and dispute matters across various business sectors including airport, automotive, aviation, defence, coal, energy (conventional and renewables), EPC, maritime, metals, power, rail, and real estate. He also completed a secondment to the legal team at its Singapore office.
Jun is fluent in both Japanese and English.
- Advising on predelivery financing transactions to deliver the aircrafts for Japanese airline.
- Advising on the acquisition of a company in the energy transition sector in the United States.
- Advising on the partial sell-down of 1,730MW gas power plant in Saudi Arabia.
- Advising on a divestment of 140 MW solar project in Japan.
- Advising the million acquisition of minority interest in LNG project in Australia.
- Advising the acquisition of 100% interest in coal mine in Australia.
- Advising on the 1,600MW CCGT IPP project in Uzbekistan.
- Advising on the construction project of Jakarta mass rapid transportation in Indonesia.
Education
- 2017 · The Center for American and International Law, Intensive mini-LLM program for rereign lawyers to introduce US law
- 2016 · The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court
- 2015 · Chuo University Law School, Juris Doctor
- 2013 · Chuo University, Faculty of Law
memberships and associations
- Daini Tokyo Bar Association
入江は、日本における弁護士資格を有しており、主に航空機や海運分野についてのアセットファイナンス分野に注力しています。
彼は、銀行、リース会社、投資家となる事業会社やその他の金融機関等にクロスボーダー取引についてのアドバイスを提供します。
当事務所に入社する前は、日本の大手総合商社の法務部で7年半にわたり社内弁護士として勤務し、空港、自動車、航空、防衛、石炭、エネルギー(在来型および再生可能エネルギー)、EPC、海事、金属、電力、鉄道、不動産など、
さまざまな事業分野におけるクロスボーダー企業法務、M&A、プロジェクト、紛争を含む幅広い案件に従事してきました。また、シンガポール法人の法務部への出向経験もあります。
日本語と英語の両方に堪能です。