Christian Russell Orton

Christian acts for clients in international project development and finance transactions, structured asset transactions and related acquisitions and restructuring and has advised on transactions across Asia Pacific, Europe, North America and Latin America.

Christian’s asset finance practice is focused on the aviation and maritime sectors where he represents corporate owners and investors, lessors, charterers and operators, financial institutions (including in conjunction with export credit agencies), in a range of complex structured financing, leasing, chartering and purchase and sale transactions.

In his project finance and delivery practice, Christian works closely with equity sponsors, financial institutions and other lenders on the procurement, financing and implementation of major projects. He is experienced working in energy and power projects (including renewables and energy transition).

A registered foreign lawyer ( Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi ) in Japan, Christian is licensed to practice law in England and Wales and Ontario (Canada) and has been working in the Tokyo market since 2018 before becoming a founding member of the Tokyo office of Watson Farley & Williams in 2022. Prior to joining WFW, he was a member of the energy, infrastructure, project and asset finance practice of an international US law firm in Tokyo and he has practiced project finance and delivery and asset finance in leading international firms in Canada.

クリスティアンは、国際プロジェクト開発およびファイナンストランザクション、ストラクチャードアセットトランザクション、関連する買収やリストラクチャリングに関するクライアントのサポートを行っており、アジア太平洋、ヨーロッパ、北米、南米における取引に対しアドバイスを提供してきました。

クリスティアンのアセットファイナンスの実務は、航空・海事セクターを中心としており、さまざまなストラクチャードファイナンシング、リース、チャーター、売買取引で、企業オーナーや投資家、リース会社、チャーター業者およびオペレーター、金融機関（輸出信用機関との連携を含む）の代理人を務めています。