Shinya Yamamoto, Vice Chair of the Real Estate Group, advises clients in various industries, including automotive, manufacturing and retail and hospitality, in real estate law. As an experienced real estate attorney, Mr. Yamamoto reviews, drafts and negotiates all manner of commercial, industrial and residential real estate agreements, leases and mortgages. He also has expertise in eminent domain/condemnation law.
Mr. Yamamoto serves on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Futabakai Japanese School as the legal advisor to the Board.
Originally from Japan, Mr. Yamamoto, a fluent Japanese speaker, has presented at several business seminars, including the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Investment Seminar in Tokyo, Japan and at the State of Illinois Investment Seminar in Nagoya and Osaka, Japan. He also had a working internship at a legal department of a subsidiary company of Toyota Motor Corporation in Nagoya, Japan.
Represented several automotive parts manufacturers in the development of industrial facilities in Indiana.
Assisted in the sale of a significant commercial office building in Gardena, California.
Represented a Japanese hospitality concern in the establishment of a trend-setting restaurant in Los Angeles, California.
Developed a sportsman's club and hunting reserve in Marshall County, Illinois.
Assisted with the relocation of a prominent religious institution from the City of Chicago to the suburbs.
Assisted in the tax-deferred sale of a regional suburban Chicago shopping center.
Represented an investor in a multi-state, multi-property conduit investment acquisition.
Counseled a client on the subdivision and partial sale and leaseback of a 20-acre industrial development in Wood Dale, Illinois.
Assisted in the sale, leaseback and tax deferred exchange purchase of a manufacturing/warehouse facility of an automotive parts manufacturer in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Represented an automotive parts manufacturer in the purchase of an office/warehouse facility in Smyrna, Tennessee.
Represented a Japanese hotel development company in the purchase of properties in Chicago, Illinois and Atlanta, Georgia.