Nathaniel L. Rowe

Nathaniel is an experienced and versatile advisor to Japanese and international clients, known and sought out for his commercial acumen, creativity, and collaborative approach. Based in Tokyo, he focuses on cross-border M&A, private equity, and project development and finance transactions in Asia and around the world.

Nathaniel has advised Japanese and multinational corporations, investment banks, and private equity firms on a broad range of transformative mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, structured financings, and venture capital transactions across multiple industries. He has also advised leading Japanese sponsors, financial institutions, developers, and government entities on large-scale, first-to-market, global project development and finance transactions across the energy and infrastructure industry.

Nathaniel is distinguished in the market for his strong Japan credentials forged over 20 years in Japan. He is a former Japanese Ministry of Education scholar and has worked for private companies and public institutions in Japan, including a secondment in the Energy and Natural Resources Finance Group at the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. In Japan, he has experience across many industries, including technology, software, healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, financial services, consumer, and retail, as well as energy, power, and infrastructure.

He combines his deep knowledge of Japanese business practices and fluency in the Japanese language with a global mindset to provide culturally empathetic, actionable advice, helping our Japanese and international clients navigate complex legal issues and realize their commercial strategies in the areas of energy transition and digital transformation.

• Member, Australia New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan
• Member, Queensland Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Member, Australian Institute of International Affairs