Our firm handles a wide range of real estate transactions, from basic transactions such as the sale and lease of real estate, to more complex matters such as property management, real estate construction and development projects, and urban redevelopment projects using land readjustment and urban renewal methods. We cover various types of real estate, including office buildings, residential properties, commercial facilities, logistics hubs, hotels, senior living communities, hospitals, amusement centers, student dormitories, data centers, and infrastructure assets such as power plants.
Real estate legal issues are diverse. Even in a straightforward building sale, complexities can arise, such as sectional ownership and co-ownership rights, regulatory challenges under the Real Estate Brokerage Act, various building codes, other administrative regulations, and tax implications. Additionally, land rights often extend beyond simple ownership to include leasehold rights and superficies, each presenting unique challenges. Furthermore, real estate transactions often take the form of sale of trust beneficiary interests, which bring additional considerations under the Trust Act, the Trust Business Act, and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
Our firm boasts a team of experienced lawyers who have handled numerous legal issues across diverse real estate transactions. We provide foresighted advice that anticipates practical problems, taking into account the unique circumstances surrounding each property. From the standpoint of Corporate Real Estate (CRE) strategy, we also support transactions aimed at maximizing real estate value.
The legal framework related to real estate in Japan often differs fundamentally from overseas legal systems, making it one of the more challenging areas to explain accurately to international clients. However, our extensive experience enables us to clearly advice on Japan's real estate legal system to international clients while considering international legal systems. We are also fully equipped to communicate in English seamlessly.
Furthermore, our firm has played a pivotal role in the formation of real estate investment funds and the development of securitization schemes as platforms for real estate transactions since the industry’s early days in Japan. We have led the industry from a legal perspective in highly innovative and pioneering fund and securitization structure formation projects, including Real Estate Security Token Offerings (STOs).
We have extensive experience in forming funds and securitization schemes for investment and development in various types of real estate, providing non-recourse loans to these funds and securitization vehicles, establishing commitment lines, and securitizing real estate-backed loans (CMBS). We also have considerable experience in handling disputes and negotiations between parties that arise post-formation of these projects and in dealing with bankruptcies of related parties.
Leveraging our experience and proven track record, we provide services from all aspects to domestic and international lenders, fund sponsors and investors, asset management companies, rating agencies, and other clients. These services include examining and advising on legal issues related to structuring, conducting risk analysis, drafting various contracts and disclosure documents, engaging in contract negotiations, and preparing legal opinions.
Ryu Umezu specializes in finance, securities and capital market transactions, investments (including corporate, business and real property acquisitions), investment funds and regulatory matters for financial institutions and investment funds. As a capital markets specialist, he has prominent record in advising IPOs, listings, equity offerings and debt offerings in Japan as well as at the markets out of Japan including the US, UK, Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore and Israel. He advises a number of major global and Japanese financial institutions.
Minoru Kobayashi’s practice focuses on real estate, capital markets and structured finance transactions, such as real estate non-recourse loans, establishment of real estate funds, including Japanese REITs (real estate investment trusts), issuance and offering of debt and equity securities in international and domestic markets and complex securitizations. His practice has also included a wide range of corporate transactions, including corporate finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, licensing and international trade.
Takahiro Shibata has experience in asset management, investment trust, REITs, capital markets, real estate transactions, structured finance and other general corporate matters.
Eiji Kobayashi has been involved in a broad range of legal services in connection with the large-scale projects, including real estate development, renewable energies projects, fund investments, project financing transactions and dispute resolutions related thereto, and he has been advising various clients (domestic and foreign) such as investors, developers, constructors, and manufacturers. In addition, Mr. Kobayashi has various experiences on overseas practices, especially he has involved in a number of Russia related matters, including joint venture transactions and investment transactions with Russian companies.
Ken Kobayashi has been involved in a wide range of corporate transactions from structured finance to capital markets and mergers and acquisitions. He has particular expertise in capital market transactions, such as issuance and offering of debt and equity securities in international and domestic markets, securitizations and other structured financing transactions, including Japanese REITs (real estate investment trusts).
Tetsuya Itoh is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune with more than 10 years of experience involved principally in the fields of financial, commercial and corporate transactions with coverage of regulatory affairs. Mr. Itoh has represented lenders, arrangers, agents, trustees, equity investors, originators and other related parties in a number of asset transactions including REITs, real estate funds and construction finance, and additionally has experience in corporate acquisitions including those made in the course of insolvency proceedings.
Kenichi Yamamoto has been engaged in a broad range of matters at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune since he joined the firm in 2000, with a focus on financial transactions such as securitizations, project finance and acquisition finance. He also frequently advises many international clients in corporate acquisitions and other general corporate matters.
Kazunari Onishi has advised on a wide variety of international and domestic finance transactions. He focuses primarily on the areas of structured finance and real estate transactions. He regularly advises U.S. and Singapore funds, a major U.S. investment bank, foreign asset management companies with active operations in Japan.
Takehisa Sato has been involved in a wide range of corporate and financial transactions at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, including real estate transactions, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and asset management. He has assisted both domestic and international clients in issuance and offering of debt and equity securities in international and domestic markets, securitizations and other structured financing transactions and licensing matters. He has particular expertise in J-REIT (Japanese Real Estate Investment Trust) related transactions.
Advises on a broad range of corporate / M&A and cross-border investment transactions in Japan, elsewhere in the Asia pacific region, Canada and the US. He has over 20 years' experience of advising on outbound M&A for Japanese corporations; inbound M&A for foreign corporations; cross-border joint ventures, and other multi-jurisdictional investment structures in various industry sectors including manufacturing, distribution and technology.
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