Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)’s real estate and construction team in Tokyo offers a comprehensive service to domestic and international clients, covering inbound acquisitions of and investments in office buildings, data centres, hotels, and nursing homes, among other assets, on the real estate side, and large-scale project developments on the construction front. With over 25 years’ experience in domestic and cross-border real estate transactions, development, and financing, including in TMK and GK-TK investment structures, Seishi Ikeda leads the real estate team. Construction head Ean Mac Pherson regularly advises both EPC contractors and project developers on renewable energy, data centre, and aquafarming construction projects. Taijiro Suzuki focuses on real estate finance. Maki Kawamura has experience in office, residential, retail, and resort projects. Chris Hodgens retired from practice in 2024.
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Témoignages
Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.
‘The team has expertise in clean energy.'
Clients clés
- Air Trunk
- Blue Melon Capital
- Deutsche Bank AG, Tokyo Branch
- Gaw Capital Partners
- ING Bank
- InterContinental Hotels Group
- Ito-en, Ltd.
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR)
- Lone Star Group
- Niseko Real Estate
Points forts
Advised Travel + Leisure, a US-based membership travel company, on its acquisition of the Yushi Chikumakan hot spring ryokan in Chikuma City (Nagano prefecture), which will reopen as Club Wyndham Chikumakan Nagano after undergoing renovation.
Advised Gaw Capital Partners on its partnership with GDS Holdings Limited to build a 40MW carrier-neutral data centre campus in Fuchu, West Tokyo.
Acted as counsel to Mandarin Oriental in respect of its agreements with a consortium led by Shikoku Electric Power Co., Ltd. in relation to the development of three distinctive boutique properties in Japan, branded as Mandarin Oriental, Setouchi, strategically located around the picturesque Seto Inland Sea.
Avocats
Hall of Fame
Avocats au sommet de leur profession, largement reconnus et respectés par l'ensemble du marché pour leur expertise éprouvée et leur intervention récurrente et longue date dans les dossiers les plus complexes et prestigieux.
Les grands avocats du marché
Avocats associés reconnus parmi les leaders du marché par leurs pairs et leurs clients, régulièrement présents dans les grands dossiers dans lesquels ils sont au premier plan.
Chris Hodgens
Les grands avocats de demain
Jeunes associés disposant d'une reconnaissance montante sur le marché, jouant régulièrement un rôle clé dans des dossiers majeurs.
Responsable de la pratique
Seishi Ikeda; Ean Mac Pherson
Autres avocats clés
Taijiro Suzuki; Maki Kawamura; Akiko Hosokawa; Samir Desai; Kosuke Suzuki