Gerald Fujii > Withers Japan, Zeirishi Houjin > Tokyo, Japan > Lawyer Profile
Withers Japan, Zeirishi Houjin Offices
Withers Gaikokuhou Jimu Bengoshi Houjin
21F JA Building
1-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
100-6821
Japan
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Gerald Fujii
Work Department
Corporate - Real Estate
Position
Partner
Career
Gerald is highly regarded in the real estate sector, and his clients benefit from his experience working on landmark deals.
He focuses on real estate and on corporate and international finance. He has advised clients on some of the highest profile cross-border real estate transactions in Japan, including transactions that won Real Estate Deal of the Year in 2009 and 2010.
His clients include real estate investment funds, REITs, sovereign wealth funds and real estate lenders. Recent representative transactions include advising Secured Capital and its real estate investment funds on its transactions in Japan and China, including hard asset and loan acquisitions, buy-backs and workouts of distressed debt, and advising Shinsei Bank on a major real estate loan restructuring.
In Chambers Asia-Pacific, Gerald is praised by peers as a ‘very experience and practical attorney’ who is ‘good to work with, smart and focused.’.
Languages
English, Japanese
Memberships
The American Chamber of Commerce Japan
Education
Occidental College, Economics
Boalt Hall School of Law
Lawyer Rankings
Japan > Real estate and construction: International firms and joint ventures
(Hall of Fame)Withers Japan, Zeirishi Houjin’s real estate practice remains active in the digital infrastructure space and continues to specialise in green financings. Gerald Fujii
focuses on advising real estate investment funds, REITs, and lenders on cross-border acquisitions, financings, and development projects. Naoki Ueyama is noted for his experience acting for Japanese and international investors and financial institutions in real estate finance transactions. Toshihiko Tsuchiya’s practice covers the securitisation and liquidation of real estate assets, including TMK-structured development deals. Akinari Nakano is also a key contact in the group. Steven Wheeler left the practice in 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame Japan > Real estate and construction: International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate and construction: International firms and joint ventures Japan