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, RWA (Real World Asset tokenization), DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network), 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 and to Enterprises in their investment in Start-ups and open-innovation with Start-ups 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)

Industry Sector Expertise

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

Languages Spoken

Japanese / English

Education

Awards