Overview
Naoya Kobayashi is a partner based in Tokyo, advising clients on capital markets & securities and related cross-border matters.
Biography
Naoya Kobayashi is a Partner in Bandi's Tokyo office. Naoya's practice focuses on funds & investment management, private equity and tax, with particular experience in cross-border execution, regulated industries and complex stakeholder coordination.
Practice Focus
- Funds & Investment Management
- Private Equity
- Tax
Representative Experience
- Assisted fund managers and allocators with fund formation, private placements, side letters, management company governance and regulatory filings.
- Advised private equity sponsors and portfolio companies on platform acquisitions, bolt-on transactions, minority investments and management incentive structures.
- Advised on tax-sensitive transaction structuring, withholding, treaty analysis, transfer pricing coordination and tax aspects of private wealth planning.
Representative Matters
Regulatory and investor documentation for a manager launching a cross-border investment strategy.
Platform acquisition and follow-on bolt-on transactions for a financial sponsor in the business services sector.
Tax structuring input for a cross-border acquisition and post-closing integration plan.
Education
- The University of Kyoto, LL.B.
- The University of Kyoto, J.D.
- University of California, Los Angeles, LL.M.
- Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan.
Bar Admissions
- Japan; New York