Overview
Chihiro Kondo is a partner based in Osaka, advising clients on banking & finance and related cross-border matters.
Biography
Chihiro Kondo is a Partner in Bandi's Osaka office. Chihiro's practice focuses on banking & finance, real estate and private equity, with particular experience in cross-border execution, regulated industries and complex stakeholder coordination.
Practice Focus
- Banking & Finance
- Real Estate
- Private Equity
Representative Experience
- Represented arrangers, borrowers and sponsors on secured lending, acquisition finance, refinancing and cross-border credit support arrangements.
- Advised developers, lenders and investors on acquisitions, leasing, construction arrangements, hospitality assets and real estate finance transactions.
- Advised private equity sponsors and portfolio companies on platform acquisitions, bolt-on transactions, minority investments and management incentive structures.
Representative Matters
Cross-border credit facility for an acquisition vehicle, including security coordination and intercreditor issues.
Real estate diligence for a corporate carve-out involving leases, permits and local counsel coordination.
Platform acquisition and follow-on bolt-on transactions for a financial sponsor in the business services sector.
Education
- Kobe University, LL.B.
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, LL.M.
- Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan.
Bar Admissions
- Japan; New York