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Provided by Motohiro Yanagawa
Specializing in Securitization, Structured Finance, Corporate Finance and Trust practice, as well as Banking and Securities Regulations.
Practice area also covers Real Estate Investment/Real Estate Securitization, Real Estate Transactions, J-REITs, Asset Management/Fund, Project Finance, Acquisition Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Financial Regulations/Financial Compliance, Restructuring/Insolvency, General Corporate, Asia, Philippines, North America and Latin America.
Joined Tsunematsu Yanase & Sekine (currently Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu) in 1998. Seconded to Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP (currently Sidley Austin LLP), New York in 2002-2003; Development Bank of Japan Inc. in 2005-2006.
Became Partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu in 2008.
Tokyo Bar Association, Japan; New York State Bar Association (2003-present).
・Lexology Panoramic - Structured Finance & Securitisation Japan （2015-2024）
・The Legal 500: 1st Edition Securitisation Country Comparative Guide – Japan (2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024)
・Chambers Global Practice Guides Securitisation Japan - Trends & Developments (2019- 2020)
・Chambers Global Practice Guides Structured Finance & Derivatives 2019 Japan - Law & Practice
・The Asialaw Japan - A New Law on Business Trust (2007) ・The IFLR Guide to Japan - Spotlight on business trusts (2007)
Waseda University (LLB, 1996); Columbia Law School (LLM, 2002).
Provided by Chambers
Motohiro Yanagawa is highly regarded for his busy practice in the securitisation space and is well versed in handling structured finance work.
Provided by Chambers
Mr Yanagawa's strengths are the high quality of his advice and the speed of his response. He is a very reliable lawyer who is willing work closely with his client to provide the best possible advice.
Mr Yanagawa's strengths are the high quality of his advice and the speed of his response. He is a very reliable lawyer who is willing work closely with his client to provide the best possible advice.
