Rio Kamei

Rio Kamei advises multinational corporations and institutional investors on cross border transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, private equity investments, and private investment funds. Being bilingual in both Japanese and English and having experience working in the firm’s Tokyo office, Rio regularly works with clients based in Japan. He also advises on general corporate and compliance matters.

• 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.

• University of Arizona, JD
• Doshisha University, LLB

• New York
• Not admitted in Japan

• Japanese
• English