Russell Kawahara leads the real estate financing and development team at Atsumi & Sakai, which advises a range of clients across the real estate sector, and is particularly active in the logistics space. Drawing on the firm’s international network, the team is able to advise foreign clients such as real estate investors and funds and represents offshore REITs, as well as J-REITs, in the formation of investment funds. Takafumi Uematsu plays a key role in the team and has extensive experience in advising both domestic and international asset managers and investment funds.
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Russell Kawahara, Shuji Koyama, Jun Oishi