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Mr Kohtaro Tamura

Work Department

Real Estate; Financial Regulations; Finance / Securitization; General Corporate; Litigation / Arbitration

Position

Partner

Career

Admitted in Japan (1983); Visiting Attorney at Morrison Foerster’s Los Angeles office (1990-1991)

• Chairman of the Real Estate Investment Market Policy Committee, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Technical advisor of the advisory body regarding Real Estate Securitization Model Projects Utilizing the Real Estate Specified Joint Enterprise, Japan Real Estate Institute
• Advisor of the Consultation Desk for the Structure Regarding the Real Estate Securitization including the Real Estate Specified Joint Enterprise, Japan Economic Research Institute
• Chairman of the Review Committee Regarding Guidelines on Utilization of Healthcare REITs investing in Hospitals, etc., Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Chairman of the Review Committee Regarding Guidelines on Utilization of Healthcare REITs investing in Homes for Seniors, etc., Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Member of the Experts Conference Regarding Real Estate and Infrastructure Investment Market Activation Measures, Cabinet Office
• Chairman of the working group on Real Estate Specified Joint Enterprise Act, ARES
• Chairman of the Committee on Real Estate Investment Market Strategy, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Chairman of the Study Group on Growth of J-REIT Market, ARES
• Member of the Forum for Establishment of Real Estate Investment Market Trusted by Investors, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Chairman of the Review Committee Regarding Establishment and Management of Real Estate Market Stabilization Fund, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Member of the Workshop on Real Estate Transactions and Trust Laws, Real Estate Transaction Improvement Organization
• Chairman of the Investigative Commission for Preparation of Real Estate Investment Index, The Land Institute of Japan, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism
• Chairman of the Investigative Commission for Improvement of Real Estate Investment Market, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Construction

Languages

Japanese, English

Memberships

Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association

Education

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1981)