Tomokazu Kusanagi

Legal Service Division
Partner/Division Manager

Tokyo Kyodo Judicial Scrivener Office

Qualifications
Judicial Scrivener/Gyoseishoshi Lawyer
Languages
Japanese/English
Key Practice Areas
Judicial Scrivener
Tomokazu Kusanagi

Tomokazu Kusanagi primarily specializes in the following services: registration services for transactions and finance for mega-solar power plants and other real estate by investment funds and foreign companies; establishment of Japanese subsidiaries or branches of foreign companies when they expand their business to Japan; and corporate legal affairs and registration services for foreign affiliated companies.

Career

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Tokyo Metropolitan University

1999

Joined Naritagodo, a Judicial scrivener office.

2003

Joined Ris International, a Judicial scrivener office.

2015

Joined Tokyo Kyodo Accounting Office.

2018

Assumed the position of Division Manager of the newly established Legal Service Division of Tokyo Kyodo Accounting Office.

Practice Areas

Judicial Scrivener

  • Real estate registration services
  • Commercial and corporate registration services
  • Registration services for assignments of claims and movable property
Areas of Expertise
・Real estate securitization transactions
・Renewable energy related transactions
・Real estate transactions by foreign investors
・Corporate legal affairs related to foreign companies

Achievements

・Registration procedure services relating to the transfer of superficies rights, formation of factory foundations, and establishment of revolving mortgages and security transfer rights on pooled movables, relating to land acquisition, financing, and secondary transactions for renewable energy generation businesses (mega solar, wind power, biomass, etc.)

・Registration procedure services when closing real estate fund transactions (physical real estate, trust beneficiary interests, establishment of security interests) 

・Establishment of Japanese subsidiaries and Japan branches in line with foreign companies’ expansion into Japan (inbound)

・Registration procedures for overseas companies, creation of affidavits, and support for authentication procedures for foreign consulates in Japan and notaries in the home country

・Procedures related to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, including inward direct investments

・Procedures related to M&As, in-group reorganization, mergers in connection with business revitalization, company splits, share exchanges, share transfers, business transfers, share sales, and MBOs

ページトップに戻る