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

Awards

Industry Sector Expertise

Real Estate, Structured Finance, Fintech, PropTech, Blockchain, Token, Web3