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Mayer Brown GJBJ
MARUNOUCHI KITAGUCHI BUILDING, 12TH FLOOR
1-6-5 MARUNOUCHI, CHIYODA-KU
TOKYO 100-0005
Tokyo
Japan

Work Department

Corporate & Securities.

Position

Gordon Palmquist is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Tokyo office and a member of the Corporate & Securities practice. He advises Japanese corporations, insurance companies and financial institutions on outbound M&A, sales of subsidiaries, corporate governance and private equity, real estate, infrastructure and venture capital investments. He also regularly advises on fund formations and structuring for overseas investments. He also regularly advises on fund formations and real estate and infrastructure investments.

He began his law career with Mayer Brown in Chicago. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Gordon worked in marketing at the Tokyo office of a global advertising agency and was the international sales manager for a US-based company with distribution in Europe, Mexico and throughout Asia. Gordon has lived in Japan for over 15 years and is a fluent Japanese speaker.

Career

Admitted in Illinois, District of Columbia and Japan (Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi).

Languages

English and Japanese.

Education

University of Minnesota Law School, JD, magna cum laude; International University of Japan, MA; Saint Olaf College, BA; Waseda University, Tokyo, One-year Exchange Program