Mr Jun Makuta > TozziniFreire Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
TozziniFreire Advogados Offices
Rua Borges Lagoa, 1328
São Paulo, SP - Brazil
04038-904
Brazil
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Mr Jun Makuta
Work Department
Gaming & E-sports, Infrastructure & Energy, Japan Desk, Mergers and Acquisitions, Privatizations, Construction, Corporate Law and Foreign Investment, Defense and Aerospace
Position
Partner
Career
Jun is a seasoned transactional lawyer with a strong international and multicultural background, specializing in complex domestic and international deals across various industries. He has a proven track record in regulated and non-regulated sectors and provides strategic counsel to clients navigating the intricacies of the Brazilian market. Jun deeply understands Japanese corporate culture and, leveraging his experience working in Tokyo for one of Japan’s leading conglomerates, heads TozziniFreire’s Japan Desk. He also has solid expertise in civil litigation, commercial law, and corporate restructuring.
Languages
English, Japanese.
Memberships
- Member of the Brazil-Japan Comparative Law Institute.
- Member of the Japanese-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.
- Member of the Gaming, Gambling, and Responsible Gaming Committees of the São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Sections of the Brazilian Bar Association.
Education
- Specialized degree in Business Management from Business School São Paulo, 2009.
- Specialized degree in Economic and Corporate Law from FGV (Fundação Getulio Vargas), 2004.
- Specialized degree in Contracts from Centro de Extensão Universitária, 2002.
- Graduate of the Law School of USP (Universidade de São Paulo), 2000.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Projects and infrastructure
The infrastructure group at TozziniFreire Advogados adopts a multidisciplinary approach to assist sponsors, multilateral agencies, and investors with the development and financing of projects – including associated bidding procedures – in the energy, sanitation, logistics, urban mobility, oil and gas, and social infrastructure segments. The team is under the joint leadership of Leonardo Miranda and Jun Makuta, both of whom have combined experience in the structuring and financing of projects, and in corporate deals involving regulated assets. Other key individuals to note include Karin Yamauti Hatanaka, who is active in project finance transactions with a particular focus on the energy sector, and Erica Makiyama, who specialises in M&A involving infrastructure assets. Ana Carolina Katlauskas Calil is no longer at the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition and antitrust
- Compliance
- Labour and employment
- City focus - Campinas > Leading firms
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Tax
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
Firm Rankings
- Tax > Customs
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Dispute resolution
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Labour
- Public law
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Insurance
- Life sciences
- Real estate
- TMT: Media
- TMT: Telecoms
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Intellectual property
- Projects and infrastructure
- Restructuring and insolvency
- White-collar crime and investigations
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax