Katsumi Shirai > Jones Day > Tokyo, Japan > Lawyer Profile

Jones Day’s real estate team maintains its stellar reputation for handling outbound matters and real estate disputes, whilst advising Japanese clients on cross-border transactions across the US, Europe and Southeast Asia. The group also acts for a diverse international client base of foreign banks in real estate financing mandates, in addition to assisting foreign real estate funds with entry the Japanese market via TMK and GK/TK schemes. In addition to downstream real estate transactions, practice head Katsumi Shirai focuses on the real estate aspects of renewable energy projects, including solar power generation.

In collaboration with its teams around the world, Jones Day’s Tokyo-based projects and energy practice is able to advise on inbound, outbound and domestic transactions. With a particular focus on downstream renewable energy projects, practice head Katsumi Shirai advises international financial institutions and investment funds and multinational corporations. The team is active in the offshore wind area and also noted a recent forward push in the geothermal space. Lukas Kratochvil has played a leading role in the group’s work on geothermal projects and his expertise spans the energy sector, including mining and the entire oil and gas value chain. With the support not only from the firm’s global network, but also from the Bengoshi lawyers in the Japan office, the team’s capabilities extend to support its energy clients across a variety of practice areas, including dispute resolution and bankruptcy.