Haruo Narimoto
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 3 : Real Estate: Bengoshi
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About
Provided by Haruo Narimoto
Practice Areas
Haruo Narimoto is a partner of TMI Associates. He has advised on structured finance, project finance, corporate finance, securitization, Fintech, PropTech (real estate tech), crowd funding, security token, asset token, NFT (non-fungible token), crypto asset, X to Earn, token finance, web3, real estate investment, real estate development, condominium reconstruction and Japan/Korea cross-border transactions. His clients include many major banks and securities companies. Currently operating from two bases in Tokyo and Singapore, he also provides support to Start-ups in their expansion and business development in Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries.
Career
TMI Associates (Associate, 2000-05; Partner, 2006-Present); Simmons & Simmons, London (2009); Kim & Chang, South Korea (2008-09).
Director of Japan Security Token Association (2019-Present); Advisor of Real Estate Tech Association for Japan (2019-Present); Advisor of Specified Joint Real Estate Enterprise Council (2021-Present); Advisor of Real Estate Crowdfunding Association for Japan (2023-Present)
Professional Memberships
Tokyo Bar Association; Securitization Forum of Japan; Japan Association of the Law of Trust; Condominium Reconstruction Association
Publications
Co-Author, “Research into Asset Token” (The Financial and Business Law Precedents) (2021/03)
“A collection of materials related to crowdfunding under the Real Estate Specified Joint Enterprises Act” (2020/08)
Co-Author, “Basics of Legal Practice related to M&As” (Getting The Deal Through: Real Estate M&A) (2018/11)
“Professional Practices and Laws Concerning Real Estate Tech” (2017/08)
“The Overview of and Legal Issues in Real Estate Tech” (2017/06)
Languages Spoken
Japanese / English
Education
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy; Insights into Regional Politics, Economics and Culture for Japanese Business Leaders and Policy Makers
2023
Waseda University
L.L.B.
1998
Awards
IFLR1000 31st Edition: Highly regarded in Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
IFLR1000, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC
2022
The Best Lawyers in Japan (2009 - present): Real Estate Law
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The Best Lawyers in Japan: Lawyer of the Year in Real Estate Law
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