Naoki Ishikawa

Practice Areas

Real Estate Investment, including fund formation, acquisition, development/construction, leasing and financing with a particular focus on inward investment into a variety of real estate types such as residential, office, retail and industorial facilities (e.g., logistices facilities and data centres) as well as hotels, nursing homes and MICE facilities.

Career

Admitted in Japan (2000). Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (2009 to present).

Seconded to Development Bank of Japan Inc., Project Finance Department (2004-2005) Clifford Chance, London (2006-2007).

Adjunct Lecturer at the Graduate School of Business Sciences, University of Tsukuba (2011-2012).

Professional Memberships

Tokyo Bar Association, International Bar Association, The Japanese Council on International Trade.

Publications

"Chambers Global Practice Guides Real Estate 2020 – Japan Chapter" (Chambers Practice Guides Real Estate 2020).

"Annual Review　Energy & Utilities 2017" (Financier Worldwide, 2017).

"Towards the Holy Grail of orderly sovereign debt restructuring" (Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, June 2007).

Personal

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1998).

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M. (Distinction), 2006).

LSE Lawyers Prize for Best Dissertation (2006).

1 Essex Court Prize for Finance Law (2006).

Islamic Finance Qualification by The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (UK) (2011).