Suzuki, Masatomo

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• Japanese

Lawyer Overview

Tomo Suzuki has a broad range of experience in real estate transactions, representing major Japanese real estate companies as well as foreign companies and funds involved in real estate transactions in Japan. His experience covers a wide range of real estate properties from office, commercial, and residential buildings to shopping centers, hotels, and factories. He also advises clients on various aspects of the real estate business, including complicated developments and joint ventures.

As head of the Real Estate Practice in the Tokyo Office, Tomo leads a team of lawyers working on, among other real estate projects, securitization/liquidation of real estate assets for foreign real estate investment funds utilizing Japanese tax-efficient investment schemes, such as TMK and TK.

Throughout his 30 years in practice, he has provided counsel on corporate and regulatory matters, including M&A, joint ventures, and licensing and distribution contracts, representing foreign corporations doing business in Japan and Japanese domestic corporations dealing with foreign entities. He also has considerable experience in international litigation and arbitration.

Tomo has been lecturing at Keio Law School on international transaction and lawyers' ethics since 2005. In addition, he was a lecturer at Keio University, Law Faculty from 1991 to 1998, teaching civil code (general theory and real estate).

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Corporate Real Estate Services
• Real Estate & Property Companies
• Securitization
• Construction
• Consumer Products & Retail
• Hospitality
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• M&A
• Real Estate Funds

Representative Cases

• European car manufacturer signs long-term lease of a factory and equipment in Chiba-Prefecture, Japan , (2009)
• Galileo Funds and Arcadis Capital acquire twenty-one property portfolio , (2009)
• LaSalle Asia acquires Torius Shopping Mall and master lessee , (2009)
• LaSalle Asia Recovery Fund acquires and develops a shopping center in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan , (2009)
• Lender acquires 13-hotel portfolio
• Mitsukoshi forms joint venture with Fortnum & Mason
• Phillip Estate acquires Mansion de Ville Azabudai
• R.R. Donnelley corporate real estate services representation

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Eminent Domain, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Real Estate Law, Reorganizations, Residential Real Estate, Shareholders' Rights, Title Insurance, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• Japan

Education

• Keio University - Japan
• U of Pennsylvania

Published Works

• Commental, coauthor, Trust Law, 2008

Address

Kamiyacho Prime Place
1-17, Toranomon 4-chome
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan

Phones

81.3.6800.1817 (Business Phone)

Faxes

81.3.5401.2725 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com