Ayano Kitano
Lawyers
Associate in our Corporate practice, based in Tokyo.
Experience
Recent Work
- Norinchukin Bank $500 million senior notes offering
- DENSO $500 million sustainability bond offering
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank $2.6 billion senior notes offering
- Mitsubishi HC Finance America $500 million guaranteed notes offering
- bitFlyer section 363 purchase of FTX Japan
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank $2.25 billion senior notes offering
- Sumitomo Life Insurance $1.04 billion perpetual subordinated notes offering
- Asahi Group Holdings ¥177 billion secondary offering
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank $1.5 billion senior notes offering
- Mitsubishi HC Finance America $500 million guaranteed notes offering
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School
- cum laude
- Lead Executive Editor, Harvard International Law Journal
B.A., International Relations, Stanford University
- with distinction
- with honors
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York
Ayano is not qualified to practice in Japan and works under the supervision of a registered foreign lawyer (gaikokuho-jimu bengoshi).