Baker McKenzie, Real Estate | Chambers Asia-Pacific Profile

About

Provided by Baker McKenzie

Our Real Estate group is comprised of eight Japanese and foreign qualified lawyers who are part of the 160 plus lawyers in Baker McKenzie's Tokyo office.

The group provides transactional and advisory services to the office's cross-border and domestic clients across a range of industry sectors including construction, health, hospitality, logistics, real estate development, investment and management, consumer goods and retail, renewable energy developments, telecommunications, media and technology (data centres).

The group's work covers a broad range of other real estate matters which typically have a cross-border element. This includes inbound acquisitions of all types of real estate assets including office buildings, hotels, logistics facilities, nursing homes and residential buildings using market accepted tax-effective (TMK and TK-GK) structures and non-recourse bond and loan financing structures; disposal of real estate assets; sale and leasebacks; real estate portfolio restructuring and recapitalisation; commercial and retail leasing; and condominium, hotel and resort development and management projects.

The group also advises J-REITs on refinancing work and trust banks on their real estate finance transactions.

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Real Estate - Japan

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Baker McKenzie is proficient in covering a broad range of real estate work, including developments, financing, M&A and REITs, often advising on cross-border transactions. The firm assists corporations with acquiring Japanese properties and with the real estate aspects of establishing business operations in Japan. The team's client roster includes an extensive array of both private and institutional investors, and companies from the technology and hospitality sectors. It offers advice on lease agreements, joint ventures and management of commercial properties.

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Work Highlights

Provided by Baker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie advised Gaw Capital Partners on its partnership with GDS Holdings to build a 40 MW carrier-neutral data centre campus in Fuchu, West Tokyo.