Jones Day’s real estate team maintains its stellar reputation for handling outbound matters and real estate disputes, whilst advising Japanese clients on cross-border transactions across the US, Europe and Southeast Asia. The group also acts for a diverse international client base of foreign banks in real estate financing mandates, in addition to assisting foreign real estate funds with entry the Japanese market via TMK and GK/TK schemes. In addition to downstream real estate transactions, practice head Katsumi Shirai focuses on the real estate aspects of renewable energy projects, including solar power generation.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team in Japan is very efficient and quick in responses. Almost in a matter of a moment, the team leader will respond to my questions and request for consultations.'
- 'The team (particularly the team leader) has deep knowledge of Japanese business customs and regulations as well as some major players' nature of actions and trends in the market.'
- 'Particularly in cases heavily influenced by financial regulations in Japan, Katsumi Shirai and his team are always assisting us with both writing and oral communications. They are also quite quick with responses to those requests.'
Key clients
- GF Corporation
- Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Limited
- PAG
- Pepper Money Limited
Work highlights
- Advising GF Corporation on its legal feasibility analysis of an offshore wind power project off the coast of Tokushima Prefecture.
- Advising Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Limited on its sell-out transaction of an existing Matsukawa mega solar project and providing vendor due diligence work on the project.
- Advising PAG on its investment in a real estate holding corporation for bridge financial needs.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Katsumi Shirai