Profile
Hiroshi Hara represents clients in real estate transactions (including securitization), asset finance, renewable energy (solar and wind) transactions and M&A. He is also qualified as a judicial scrivener and ARES Certified Master.
Capabilities
Experience
- Represented a leading global investment firm on its first real estate investment in Japan.°
- Represented a private equity affiliate of Singaporean developer on its first real estate (a portfolio of multi-family assets) investment in Japan.°
- Represented a financial institution in connection with the development and financing of a portfolio of hypercale data centers in Japan.°
- Represented a U.S. real estate investment trust focusing on data centers in formation of joint venture with a Japanese trading company for investment in data centers in Japan, related construction and leasing.°
- Represented a worldwide commercial real estate investment on its acquisition, refinance and disposition of a portfolio of 169 properties in Japan.°
- Represented a capital partner and a portfolio company in Japan in relation to the refinancing of the existing senior indebtedness with a new financing package comprising senior facilities and a mezzanine facility.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Hara prior to his joining GT Tokyo Horitsu Jimusho.
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in Japan, Ones to Watch: Real Estate Law, 2025
- Member, Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Credentials
Education
- BL, Keio University, Faculty of Law, 2003
Admissions
- Japan
Languages
- Japanese, Native
- English, Fluent