Mr. Seltzer is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Group. Mr. Seltzer’s practice focuses on the representation of U.S. and Japanese institutional investors in the acquisition, financing and disposition of real estate, including cross-border equity and debt financing, fund formations, development projects, and distressed loan portfolio acquisitions.
Mr. Seltzer’s projects include:
Representing global funds in connection with their acquisitions of performing, sub-performing and non-performing loan pools and bonds, including acquisitions from the Lehman bankruptcy estate.
Representing a global real estate/private equity fund in their investment in connection with the ¥150 billion sale and leaseback of 184 Japan dealership outlets of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, one of the largest sale-leaseback transactions in Japan to date.
Representing a global financial institution in the workout of their debt position in the ANA Hotel portfolio.
Mr. Seltzer has been consistently ranked as one of the leading U.S. Real Estate attorneys in Japan, including by Chambers Global and Chambers Asia, IFLR,The Asia Pacific Legal 500, and Best Lawyers in Japan.
Chambers Asia Pacific's 2011, 2012 and 2013 editions named Mr. Seltzer a "Star Individual" for Real Estate in Japan.
Mr. Seltzer received his B.A. from Columbia College in 1988, and his J.D. in 1992 and LL.M. in 1996 from Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster’s Tokyo office in June, 2003, Mr. Seltzer was with the Tokyo office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.