Gavin Raftery

Gavin focuses on acquisition finance, project finance, sustainable finance, fintech, venture capital, financial services regulation, securitization, other structured finance transactions, and financial product development.

He acts for both Japanese and international clients on transactional and regulatory matters.

• Advised the arrangers and lenders on the financing of more than USD 100 billion of cross-border Japan-related acquisitions, including Asahi's acquisitions of various AB InBev businesses and brands in Europe and Australia; SoftBank's acquisitions of various businesses globally, including ARM Holdings and Sprint; Suntory's acquisition of Beam; and multiple acquisitions in Japan by global private equity funds including Bain Capital, Permira, CVC, Apollo, EQT, TA Associates and Carlyle.
• Advised AirTrunk on all aspects of the development and financing of its first data center project in Japan, the 300+ megawatt (MW) hyperscale data center campus in the city of Inzai, Chiba.
• Advised US, Japanese, Singaporean and Spanish renewable energy companies on the legal/regulatory framework for and the acquisition, development and financing of more than 50 renewable energy projects in Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Myanmar.
• Advised US, Australian and Chinese Fintech companies on their establishment and operation of payment settlement businesses in Japan.
• Advised various US, Europe and Asia Pacific based financial institutions and tech companies in connection with the launch of their online financial products and platforms in Japan.
• Advised the Japanese financing subsidiaries of multiple global auto-makers on the securitization of more than USD 10 billion of auto-loan receivables across 30+ transactions in Japan.

• Gavin has been listed in Chambers, Legal 500 and IFLR as a leading lawyer in Japan for Banking and Finance and Fintech.

• Tokyo Bar Association - Member
• Law Society of New South Wales - Member
• Law Society of England and Wales - Member
• Active member of many industry working groups and committees including the Industry Advisory Panel to the Joint Sustainable Finance Working Group established by the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum and the ASEAN Working Committee on Capital Market Development.

• London