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Akinari is a partner in the real estate team.
He advises on Japanese and international clients (investors and financial institutions) on a broad range of transactions and matters, particularly in the areas of real estate acquisition and financing, real estate securitization, onshore/offshore joint ventures, asset management and financial regulation matters (including securities law, trust business law and money lending business law).
He has also been involved in dispute resolutions regarding real estate.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, he worked for the Ministry of Finance of the Japanese government for 12 years (including 5 years at the Financial Services Agency).
Track record
Office buildings securitization
Represented a number of Japanese and foreign investors in the securitization of office buildings, retail facilities, logistic facilities, residential buildings and hotels as well as re-financing, including JPY 100 billion acquisition of office buildings in Tokyo area.
Financial institutions
Represented Japanese and foreign financial institutions which extended non-recourse loans and undertook bonds, including JPY 200 billion non-recourse loan.
Real estate disputes
Represented foreign investors and asset management companies in dispute resolutions regarding real estate in Japan.
Insight
External publications
'Understanding the "new normal" in the Hong Kong and Japan's commercial real estate market', Dec 2021, co-author
Admissions
Japan, 2015
Education
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (diploma, 2015)
University of Tokyo Graduate School for Law and Politics (LL.M.), 2014
The American Graduate School of International Management (Master of International Management), 2003
University of Tokyo (LL.B.), 1999
Languages
- English
- Japanese
Memberships
Member, Japan Federation of Bar Association
Member, Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Key dates
- Year joined: 2021