Sanno Park Tower 12F (Reception) and 14F,
11-1, Nagatacho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-6114, Japan

Tokyo Metro Ginza Line: G06 Tameike-sanno Station, Exit 7 (directly accessible through the second basement)

Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line: N06 Tameike-sanno Station, Exit 7 (directly accessible through the second basement)

Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line: C07 Kokkai-gijido-mae Station, Exit 5 (3 minutes’ walk)

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line: M14 Kokkai-gijido-mae Station, Exit 5 (10 minutes’ walk through Chiyoda Line platform)

Partner

Masahiro Shiotani

Masahiro Shiotani

TEL +81-3-5511-3246 / FAX +81-3-5511-3258

Languages
Japanese、English
Bar Association /
Qualification
Japan (2006)

Background

2001
Tohoku University (LL.B.)
2004
Graduate School of Law of Tohoku University (LL.M.)
2006
Admitted in Japan (Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association)
Ushijima & Partners
2018
Parnter, Ushijima & Partners
2019
Lecturer of Small-Scale Specified Joint Real Estate Ventures Course 2019, Legal Work Section

Awards

A “next generation partner” in the Real Estate and Construction practice area in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 (January 2024)
A “next generation partner” in the Real Estate and Construction practice area in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 (January 2023)
A “next generation partner” in the Real Estate and Construction practice area in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 (January 2022)
Selected in the Real Estate Law practice area in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2022 (April 2021)
A “next generation partner” in the Real Estate and Construction practice area in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021 (January 2021)
Included as one of the next generation lawyers in the Real Estate and Construction practice area in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020 (January 2020)
Selected in the Real Estate practice area, in The Best LawyersTM in Japan 2020 (April 2019)
Included as one of the next generation lawyers in the Real Estate and Construction practice area in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019 (January 2019)

Major Practice Area

Finance/Securitization

Advice and drafting of relevant documents for real estate private funds (including real estate development project and real estate redevelopment project)
Notification to and negotiation with government office regarding the Tokutei Mokuteki Kaisha
Advice and drafting of relevant documents for real estate specified joint ventures, assist clients in applications for permission and approval thereof
Advice and drafting of relevant documents for limited partnerships for investment
Advice, drafting of relevant documents and conducting legal due diligence, for purchase and sale of real estate by REITs
Advice and drafting of relevant documents for loan to REITs (as lenders’ counsel)
Advice and drafting of relevant documents for several kinds of trust structures

Real Estate

Advice and drafting of relevant documents for purchase and sale of real estate
Advice on leasing of real estate

Financial Regulations

Advice on finance-related regulations such as Insurance Business Act and Financial Instruments and Exchange Act

Publications

“Model Clauses for Contracts Involving Changes to the Subject Real Estate in Specified Joint Real Estate Ventures” (Value Management Institute, Inc. and Japan Real Estate Institute, October 2020)
“Outline of the Amendment of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Specified Joint Real Estate Ventures” (ARES Real Estate Securitization Journal, Vol. 52)
“Practical measures for the Amended Real Estate Specified Joint Enterprise Act – in Real Estate Securitization Business” (under joint authorship, Taisei Publishing Co., Ltd., 2014)

Lectures Given

“The Present and the Future of Real Estate Crowdfunding under the Act on Specified Joint Real Estate Ventures (FTK)” (NIHON HOSHOU Co., Ltd., October 26, 2021)