Jon T. Yamamura

Jon T. Yamamura


Carlsmith Ball LLP

Recognized since 2018

Honolulu, Hawaii

Practice Areas

Banking and Finance Law

Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

Project Finance Law

Real Estate Law

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Jon Yamamura is a Partner in the firm's Honolulu office and is the Chair of the Transactional Practice Group. He concentrates his practice on real estate, mergers and acquisitions, buying and selling businesses and business interests, and business planning and reorganization. Mr. Yamamura also works on a wide range of complex corporate and finance projects and cases. In addition, having served over two years as a foreign attorney on staff at the Anderson Mori law firm in Tokyo, Japan, he has broad experience with Japanese and other foreign clients.

Purchase and Sale of Real Property

The purchase and sale of both commercial and residential real property throughout the State of Hawaii. Work includes drafting of purchase and sale documentation, negotiating deal terms, and assisting clients with post-closing issues

Hotel and Resort

The purchase and sale of hotel and resort properties, including golf courses. Work includes the negotiation, review and preparation of all phases of transaction documentation.

Commercial Leasing

Represents both landlords and tenants in commercial lease transactions, including ground leases and office leases. Work includes negotiating lease terms and drafting lease documents.

Purchase and Sale of Businesses

The purchase and sale of a wide range of ongoing businesses and business interests (e.g., medical and dental practices, restaurants, etc.). Projects include both stock/partnership/LLC transactions and asset transactions. Work includes due diligence review, negotiating business points, drafting acquisition documents and helping clients with post-closing transition issues.

Business Structuring and Formation

Advises clients on the commencement, maintenance, expansion, and reorganization of business operations throughout the State of Hawaii. Work includes mergers involving foreign and domestic companies (both profit and nonprofit), corporate, partnership and LLC documentation, and structuring and reorganizing business operations.

Business Operations

Handles general business concerns, including contract needs, licensing/permitting, and day-to-day operational matters.

Banking and Finance

Assists clients with loans, loan refinancing, loan workouts, debt restructuring and other finance-related issues and concerns. Work includes the negotiation, review and preparation of all phases of loan documentation.

Affiliations

  • Hawaii State Bar Association
  • Japan American Society of Hawaii
  • American Bar Association

Distinctions

  • ?Best Lawyers in America 2018 - Banking and Finance Law

Contact & Links
Location
  • 1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2100
    Honolulu, HI 96813
Bar Admissions
  • Hawaii, Hawaii State Bar
Affiliations
  • American Bar Associatin - Member
  • Hawaii State Bar Association - Member
  • Japan American Society of Hawaii - Member

Carlsmith Ball LLP
Headquarters: Honolulu, Hawaii

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Project Finance Law
  • Real Estate Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Publications

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