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Taro Omoto

Taro Omoto

Asia-Pacific 2026

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Ranked in 2 practice areas

Contributions and articles

2 Global Practice Guides

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Practice Areas

M&A (M&A / Reorganizations / Capital and Business Alliances); Capital Markets; Structured Finance / Banking (Real Estate Financing, Aircraft Finance / Ship Finance); Asset Management / Funds (Investment Funds, REITs, Infrastructure Funds); Real Estate / REITs (Real Estate Transactions, Real Estate Financing, REITs, Real Estate Disputes, Construction Disputes); Financial Regulation (Banking, Financial Instruments Business, Fintech); Sustainability / Environmental Law (Sustainability, Environmental Law, Decarbonization / Green Transformation)

Career

Background

Keio University (LL.B., 1999); Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2005) (Completed International Finance Concentration); Seconded to Slaughter and May, London (2005-2006)

Major Activities

Member of Environment Protection Committee, Daini Tokyo Bar Association (in charge of emissions trading and environment management system); Member of Japan Financial ADR/ Ombudsman Study Group (2007-); Lecturer at Chuo Law School (Corporate Finance and Law) (2009-2015); Lecturer at Keio University Law School (2016-); Visiting Lecturer at Chuo Law School (Corporate Finance and Law) (2016-2018)

Professional Memberships

admitted in Japan, 2000; New York, 2006

Chambers Review

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Chambers Asia & Pacific

Capital Markets: Domestic: J-REITs - Japan

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial
Taro Omoto is noted for his aptitude for REIT offerings and is equally popular with underwriter and issuer clients. He also demonstrates skill as counsel on equity and debt offerings, including global IPOs.

Capital Markets: Domestic - Japan

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial
Taro Omoto is noted for his aptitude for REIT offerings and is equally popular with underwriter and issuer clients. He also demonstrates skill as counsel on equity and debt offerings, including global IPOs.

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Japan

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