Overview
Rio Kamei is a senior associate in the Corporate & Securities practice in Mayer Brown's Tokyo office and focuses on a wide variety of cross-border transactions including funds, fund formation and other corporate matters. Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Rio worked at another international law firm in Tokyo.
Areas of Focus
Practices
Regional Capabilities
Spoken Languages
- Japanese
- English
Experience
- Advised the private equity fund of a Japanese financial institution in relation to numerous venture capital investments.
- Advised a Japanese governmental finance company in relation to numerous fund investments.
- Advised a global real estate company in connection with the formation and negotiations with investors in an Asian REIT.
- Assisted various Japanese institutional investors in their investments in overseas funds.
- Advised a Japanese trading house in its formation of a joint venture with a Japanese food company and the acquisition by the joint venture of a US based food manufacturer.
- Advised a Japanese manufacturer in the carve out and sale of a business unit to a US based global manufacturer.
- Advised a Japanese company on the establishment of numerous US subsidiaries and the formation of US fund vehicles.
Education
University of Arizona, JD
Doshisha University, LLB
Admissions
- New York
- Not admitted in Japan