Nathaniel advises Japanese and international clients on complex cross-border acquisitions and strategic investments, primarily in the energy and technology sectors across Asia Pacific and the United States.

He has also advised on the development and financing of large-scale energy and infrastructure projects in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

He is a former Japanese Ministry of Education scholar and has worked both in the private sector and for public institutions in Japan, including a secondment to the Energy and Natural Resources Finance Group at the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. His long-standing engagement with Japan enables him to operate within Japanese corporate and institutional environments while effectively advising Japanese and international stakeholders on complex transactions.

He currently serves on the Management Committee of the Queensland Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and is a lecturer at Keio University's Graduate School of Law, where he teaches Comparative Corporate Law.

Nathaniel is admitted in New York and registered in Japan as a Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi, and is a member of the Tokyo Bar Association.

Bar Admissions

Education

LLB (Hons Class I), University of Sydney

MA, International Politics, Akita University, Japanese Ministry of Education Postgraduate Scholar

BIB, Economics and Japanese, Griffith University