Overview
Sota Inoue is a associate based in Tokyo, advising clients on funds & investment management and related cross-border matters.
Biography
Sota Inoue is a Associate in Bandi's Tokyo office. Sota's practice focuses on funds & investment management, regulatory & compliance and banking & finance, with particular experience in cross-border execution, regulated industries and complex stakeholder coordination.
Practice Focus
- Funds & Investment Management
- Regulatory & Compliance
- Banking & Finance
Representative Experience
- Assisted fund managers and allocators with fund formation, private placements, side letters, management company governance and regulatory filings.
- Guided clients through licensing, sanctions, anti-corruption, beneficial ownership, disclosure and internal controls reviews across multiple jurisdictions.
- Represented arrangers, borrowers and sponsors on secured lending, acquisition finance, refinancing and cross-border credit support arrangements.
Representative Matters
Formation of a private investment vehicle, including offering materials, subscription package and side-letter negotiation.
Internal compliance review for a financial services group involving sanctions, onboarding and recordkeeping controls.
Refinancing of senior secured debt for a sponsor-backed operating group with subsidiaries in Asia and Europe.
Education
- Kobe University, LL.B.
- Keio University Law School, J.D.
- Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan.
Bar Admissions
- Japan