Takuya Okamura joined LaSalle in 2021 and is based in Tokyo. As Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, Takuya is responsible for raising capital for LaSalle’s private equity funds, separate account mandates and supporting distributors in relation to LaSalle’s real estate securities business in Japan. Also, he serves as a relationship manager for existing clients.
Takuya started his career at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in 2010 where he spent 10 years. In 2012, he was dispatched to Germany as a language trainee and spent almost 6 years in Germany as a relationship manager for Japanese and Korean corporations. After his return to Japan, he was in charge of debt financing for J-REITs and real estate non-recourse finance and supported 2 IPO of REITs as the main debt arranger. After moving to SBI Securities, he led a project to launch the very first public offering for a real estate fund by means of Security Token Offering (STO).
Takuya holds a master’s degree in engineering from Kyoto University. He is a Real Estate Transaction Agent (Takken) in Japan and an Association for Real Estate Securitization (ARES) Certified Master.