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Keisuke Misuda

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Keisuke Misuda is a member of the Finance & Projects Group and Real Estate groups at Baker McKenzie's Tokyo office. He advises clients on project finance, real estate transactions, securitization of real estate and other assets, M&A and other corporate transactions.

In recent years, a considerable number of examples of successfully monetized smart city businesses have emerged, particularly in Europe and the US. In Japan, however, very few examples of monetized, sustainable smart city businesses exist. The failure to find a business model that can be monetized would be a major problem for both companies and local governments.
In order to help tackle this issue, Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) lawyers Yaeko Hodaka and Keisuke Misuda, together with the World Economic Forum (WEF), prepared a video titled “Smart City Business Models: Factors Hindering Sustainable Commercialization and How They Can Be Overcome.”