Real Estate Litigation
Iwata Godo has a proven track record in litigation, mediation and out-of-court settlement negotiations related to real estate transactions and real estate development projects.. Our real estate litigation practice has represented clients in a wide range of disputes, including issues of nonconformity with sale contract specifications, broker's duty to explain, nonpayment of rent, use restrictions, unauthorized renovations, rent increases, demands to surrender the premises, counterparty's insolvency, tenant evictions for development projects, divisions of jointly owned property and decedents' estates, and abandoned property. With respect to buildings damaged in earthquakes, we have handled many disputes concerning alleged defects in design or construction.