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Minoru Kobayashi

Minoru Kobayashi

Asia-Pacific 2026

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Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
 Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Capital Markets: Domestic: J-REITs

Japan

12 years ranked

Real Estate: Bengoshi

Japan

9 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Has experiences in a wide range of corporate transactions from international finance to M&As and general corporate matters, with particular expertise in capital market transactions, Japanese REITs (real estate investment trusts), securitizations and other structured financing transactions, real estate transactions including non-recourse loans and establishment of real estate funds.

Career

Admitted in Japan (1997), New York (2002).

Professional Memberships

Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association (Japan), 1997.

Personal

University of Tokyo (LLB, 1995); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; graduate study, University of Virginia School of Law (LLM, 2002).

Chambers Review

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Chambers Asia & Pacific

Capital Markets: Domestic: J-REITs - Japan

Band 1
Individual Editorial
Minoru Kobayashi remains a highly sought-after adviser to both issuers and underwriters of high-value, publicly offered REITs.
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Real Estate: Bengoshi - Japan

Band 2
Individual Editorial
Minoru Kobayashi maintains a wide-ranging real estate practice, with particular expertise in handling J-REIT matters and financing transactions.
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Strengths

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  • He has a lot of experience in the real estate finance market and has a deep knowledge of the real estate investment trust market. He can give a bird's-eye view of the entire situation.

    Capital Markets: Domestic: J-REITsChambers Asia & Pacific

  • He is readily accessible at almost any time and when I speak to him directly the answers are clear and almost immediate.

    Real Estate: BengoshiChambers Asia & Pacific

  • Thanks to him we always reach closing. He is quite senior but hands-on and thoughtful.

    Real Estate: BengoshiChambers Asia & Pacific

Ranked Individuals at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (59)

Asia-Pacific Region

Japan

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