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 involved in real estate transactions in Japan. He is head of the real estate practice in the Tokyo Office, and as such he leads a team of lawyers working on securitization/liquidation of real estate assets for foreign real estate investment funds. His experience covers a wide range of real estate properties from office, commercial, and residential buildings to shopping centers and hotels.

He also counsels on corporate and regulatory matters, including joint ventures, licensing and distributorship contracts, and mergers and acquisitions, representing Japanese domestic corporations dealing with foreign entities and foreign corporations doing business in Japan. In addition, he has a great deal of experience in international litigation and arbitration.

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

Prior to joining Jones Day, Tomo was a senior partner of the Showa Law Office from 1985 to 2001.

Areas of Practice

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

Representative Cases

• Acquisitions and Sales of Hotels
• Acquisitions and Sales of Offices
• Acquisitions and Sales of Shopping Centers
• Automotive Plant in Japan
• Global Corporate Real Estate Portfolio
• Hotel Portfolio Acquisition
• Japanese Property Acquisition and Disposition
• Joint Venture with Fortnum & Mason
• Mansion de Ville Azabudai Acquisition
• Portfolio Acquisition
• Torius Acquisition

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, 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

Address

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

Phones

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Faxes

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