Legal Counsel - Japan Job ID 197376 Posted 26-Mar-2025 Service line REI Segment Role type Full-time Areas of Interest Legal Location(s) Tokyo - Tokyo - Japan **OVERVIEW** CBRE Investment Management a leading global real assets investment management firm operating in more than 30 offices and 20 countries around the world. Through its investor-operator culture, the firm seeks to deliver sustainable investment solutions across real assets categories, geographies, risk profiles and execution formats so that its clients, people and communities thrive. **POSITION DESCRIPTION** A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a bilingual Japanese and English Real Estate / Property Lawyer to join the Japan team of CBRE Investment Management, one of the world's leading real assets investment management firms with US$148.3 billion of assets under management (as at 30 September 2024). The successful candidate will support the firm’s Japan business on its legal affairs, with a strong emphasis on asset management related matters. The position is based in Tokyo and reports to the General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer of Asia-Pacific, with a dotted reporting line to Country Head-Japan. **Responsibilities:** + Lead the negotiation and project management of asset management related legal documentation such as leases, construction contracts, contractor contracts, property management agreements and design agreements. + Assist with investment related legal documentation such as acquisitions, joint ventures, acquisition financing and divestments. + Assist with other corporate legal affairs such as employment and litigation matters. + Supervise and coordinate external counsel as required. + Develop and implement best practices and process improvements. + Liaise with internal and external stakeholders across Japan and APAC. **Candidate Profile:** + Bilingual Japanese and English Real Estate / Property Lawyer with 8+ years of post-qualification experience in Japan. + Significant experience with Japanese legal documentation related to asset management matters. Experience with Japanese legal documentation related to investment related matters will also be well regarded. + Experience acquired from reputable law firms and/or investment firms. + Strong project management capabilities, commercially pragmatic and the able to ability to work under the time and work pressures of a transactional environment. + Clear communications skills, with the ability to form productive working relationships across a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders in Japan and APAC. + Collaborative team player who is committed to upholding the firm's "RISE" values of respect, integrity, service and excellence. CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)