Cades Schutte LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Rio H. Kwon and Miki N. Nakamura as associates in the firm’s Finance, Real Estate & Corporate Department.
Rio H. Kwon focuses his practice on commercial and residential real estate transactions, commercial real estate finance, leasing, and project development. He also has experience representing business entities in mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions. Before joining Cades Schutte, Rio practiced at another Honolulu-based law firm specializing in real estate transactions. He earned his law degree, cum laude, from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai‘i.
Miki N. Nakamura brings a strong background in commercial real estate transactions, corporate and commercial financing, and commercial leasing. Prior to joining the firm, she worked at a boutique law firm in Honolulu specializing in real estate and financing transactions. Miki received her law degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai‘i. Before attending law school, she taught high school mathematics in Los Angeles for nearly seven years.
“We are proud to welcome Rio and Miki to our highly experienced team,” said John R. Love, Chair of the firm’s Finance, Real Estate & Corporate Department. “As activity continues to increase in both the real estate and corporate sectors, their diverse experience and backgrounds will add tremendous value to our clients.”
About Cades Schutte LLP
Cades Schutte is a full-service law firm with around 80 attorneys, providing superior service in over 40 practice and industry areas from our main office in Honolulu and offices in Kahului, Kona, Līhu‘e, and Waimea. Since the founding of our firm in 1922, Cades Schutte attorneys have been called on to serve as counsel in some of the most notable cases and transactions in the State of Hawai‘i.
Cades Schutte offers a wide range of corporate and personal legal services with an emphasis on business counseling. The firm is proud to serve local, national, and international clients, and regularly handles estate planning, tax, real estate, finance, and civil litigation matters.
Cades Schutte is organized into four departments—Finance, Real Estate, and Corporate; Litigation; Tax; and Trusts and Estates—but departmental lines are fluid. Cades Schutte attorneys from different departments routinely collaborate on projects to benefit the firm’s clients. This approach provides a full array of the firm’s expertise and experience.
The firm has adopted a democratic style of management in which the strategic direction and vision for the firm are developed by its partners, and headed by its Management Committee.
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