Ayako Kawano

Practice Details

• Languages
  Japanese
  English
• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Greenberg Traurig, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Representative Matters: Represented ESR in its acquisition of an Osaka data center asset, as part of a planned US$2.15 billion data center development project.
  Represented ESR on the formation of a perpetual core fund
  joint venture among ESR, AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets (AXA IM),
  a major sovereign wealth fund in connection with the acquisition of six logistics properties in Japan over US$1 billion. .
  Represented Starwood Capital Group in its unsolicited tender offer for Invesco Office J-REIT, Inc., a listed J-REIT in Japan, for 22,500 per investment unit (total equity value of approximately 198 billion, publicly reported debt of 126 billion, for an enterprise value of approximately 325 billion.
  Represented a sovereign wealth fund on the acquisition
  financing of a portfolio of commercial properties in Japan, a sale-leaseback transaction as its first investment
  first real estate investment in Japan.
  Represented a sovereign wealth fund on its acquisition of a major mixed-use property (office, retail
  hospitality) in Tokyo, as its first investment in Japan.
  Represented Commerzbank AG on the sale of its Tokyo-based subsidiary, Commerz Japan Real Estate Finance Corporation to leading Asia-focused alternative investment manager PAG.
  Represented PayPal Holdings, Inc. in its acquisition of Paidy Inc., a leading two-sided payments platform
  provider of buy now, pay later solutions in Japan, for an enterprise value of 300 billion, or approximately US$2.7 billion.
  Represented automobile manufacturer Daimler AG
  its subsidiaries in connection with the global restructuring of Takata Corporation
  its subsidiaries, component part suppliers responsible for the largest-ever consumer products recall..
  Advised CIT Aerospace, a provider of leasing
  financing solutions for aircraft fleets worldwide, one of the four largest creditors of Skymark Airlines, in connection with the restructuring of Skymark Airlines.
  Advised Ellipsiz Ltd.
  its U.S.-based subsidiary, SV Probe Pte. Ltd., on the acquisition (i) by business transfer of Tokyo Cathode Laboratory Co., Ltd. (TCL), a Japanese probe card manufacturer
  supplier, out of TCL's Civil Rehabilitation Procedure filed with the Tokyo District Court
  (ii) by shares of or of assets held by TCL's subsidiaries located in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan
  Guangzhou, China.
  The above representations were h
  led by Ms. Kawano prior to her joining GT Tokyo Horitsu Jimusho.
• Additional Links
  https://www.gtlaw.com/en/professionals/k/kawano-ayako