Hiroto Inoue is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. His practice focuses on real estate related matters including real estate funds, real estate financing, real estate securitization and Japanese REIT (J-REIT) formation. He also has extensive experience with joint ventures and M&A transactions.

Hiroto Inoue received an LL.B. degree in 1998 from the University of Tokyo and was admitted to the bar of Japan in 2000. He received an LL.M. degree from Columbia Law School in 2005 and an LL.M. degree in Banking Law and Financial Regulation from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2006. He became a partner at NO&T in 2009.

Public Interest Activities:
2010-2013 Adjunct Lecturer (Civil law), The University of Tokyo
2011-present Contracts Supervisory Committee, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) (Serving as Chairperson from 2020)
2015-present Contracts Supervisory Committee, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
2017 Model Agreement Review Committee, Value Management Institute, Inc.

Recognitions:
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021 – Real Estate and Construction – Leading Individuals
The Best Lawyers in Japan (2023 Edition) – “Lawyer of the Year” – Real Estate Law in Tokyo
The A-List Japan’s top 100 lawyers – July 2020