Honolulu · Hawaiʻi
Imanaka Asato
Hawaiʻi's rules are their own world. We know them, and we know who to call in D.C.
The firm
A Honolulu firm for the work that shapes the islands. Real estate, land use, and the public processes behind them.
Development, financing, entitlements, conveyancing, and disputes. We hold a high standard of ethics and craft, and we read Hawaiʻi's regulatory ground the way locals read weather. Each matter weighs the client's goals against the community it lands in.
Some matters do not stop at the state line. When a project meets a federal agency or the attention of Washington, we frame the path and bring in the right counsel. One firm, both ends of the table.
The Hawaiʻi–D.C. Pipeline
From the entitlement to the permit to the federal table.
A matter rarely travels in a straight line. We map the route from local land use to state agencies to the federal level, and we tell you plainly which part we handle and where we bring in D.C. counsel.
Practice
What we do
Real Estate Development & Finance
Structuring, financing, and closing projects across Hawaiʻi.
Vacation Ownership & Resort Development
Counsel for resort and vacation-ownership projects.
Land Use & Transit-Oriented Development
Entitlements read against community and regulatory reality.
Property Conveyancing
Hawaiʻi conveyancing handled with care and precision.
Commercial Litigation
Disputes for businesses operating in the islands.
Government Relations
State and local processes, framed toward the federal level.
The people
Thirteen attorneys, founding partners to associates.
Mitchell Imanaka and Richard Asato founded the firm. The bench runs from senior partners through associates who handle the day-to-day of a matter.
- Mitchell A. Imanaka
- Richard T. Asato, Jr.
- Owen T. Iida
- Chanelle M. C. Fujimoto
- Michael L. Iosua
- Kim W. Yoshimoto
- Anthony F. T. Suetsugu
- Steven K. S. Chung