JAPAN Law and Practice Contributed by: Hiroaki Takahashi, Kaoru Sato, Kenji Miyagawa and Koji Kawamura, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune has a securitisa - tion team of more than 20 partners and 40 other qualified lawyers, who provide comprehensive strategic advice on maximising returns in a va - riety of tax-effective and innovative structures. The firm is a leader in the Tokyo market in es - tablishing and structuring securitisation and other structured finance transactions, repre - senting the entire range of global market partici - pants in securitisations across a wide variety of asset classes, including commercial real estate, loan receivables, equipment lease receivables, trade receivables, promissory notes and whole- business securitisation. The securitisation and
structured finance attorneys have extensive experience in the most complex Japanese and cross-border securitisations, real estate financ - ings, and other structured finance transactions. The team works with several investment banks and international investors in devising secu - ritisation structures for single-property, multi- property and conduit-type transactions, offering the full range of expertise at every level, and ad - vises on cutting-edge transactions that involve relatively new and evolving structured products in Japan, including covered bonds and security trusts, and self-trusts.
Authors
Hiroaki Takahashi is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune who advises on structured
Kaoru Sato is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and advises on a wide spectrum of structured finance matters, such as securitisation of receivables and real property, and project
finance, including securitisation, real estate investment (J-REIT) and project finance. His experience in securitisation includes active involvement in various domestic and international securitisations of asset-backed commercial paper, lease and credit card receivables, bank loans (collateralised loan obligations), housing loans (mortgages), consumer loans, auto loans, apartment loans, real estate, entertainment businesses and cemetery leaseholds. He has been advising on securitisation matters for more than 20 years, ever since the emergence of the securitisation market in Japan in the mid-1990s.
finance and PFI/PPP. He also has extensive experience in finance transactions, including debt financing by REITs, non-recourse loans and corporate loans of various kinds. His experience prior to joining Anderson Mori & Tomotsune includes working at a Japanese securities company and at a government- affiliated financial institution.
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