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15 Lawyers Selected for Asia Business Law Journal’s The A-List: Japan’s Top 100 Lawyers 2024
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Maya Ito, a partner at Nishimura & Asahi, is praised by Guy Lachmann, senior partner and chair of Japan practice group at international law firm Pearl Cohen in Tel Aviv. “Maya is highly professional, responsive, motivated, an excellent fit to lead a non-Japanese client in doing business in Japan, or with Japanese businessmen,” says Lachman.
ASIA BUSINESS LSAW JOURNAL: Japan A-List 2021
Maya Ito is a partner at Nishimura & Asahi. She has extensive expertise in cross-border project financing for various natural resources, power projects, and other infrastructure projects. Her experience also extends to areas such as compliance, cross-border financial transactions, cross-border corporate transactions, and other general corporate matters.
Maya has extensive experience advising international investors on cross-border renewable energy projects, as well as advising both borrowers and lenders on financing for renewable energy projects in Japan. She previously worked in the cross-border project finance team of a Japanese megabank, handling matters relating to natural resources, power and energy, and infrastructure. Maya has also provided banks, financial institutions, and other corporate clients, most of which operate their businesses globally, with compliance and regulatory advice, as well as advice on a variety of governance matters. She is actively involved in D&I projects aimed at promoting the active participation of women, and has organized numerous D&I seminars and other similar events for corporations. She is also actively involved in Climate Change related projects and has organized Climate Change seminars and events.
Representative Work
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- 2024.6
- Energy Grid Corporation Ltd. – Sale of All Shares to Citadel
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- 2021
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation: Acquisition of stake in Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
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- 2020
- Loan for a methanol production and sales business in Saudi Arabia
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- 2020
- Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. - Acquisition of stake in Alten RE Developments America B.V.
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- 2019
- Kacific - launch of a communications satellite
Awards & Rankings
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Outstanding Results for Nishimura & Asahi at the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024
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Nishimura & Asahi Achieves Global Expansion and Highest Japan Rankings at IFLR1000 2023
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IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2023
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27 nominations at the Women in Business Law Awards Asia-Pacific 2023
Seminars
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Next Gen Business Leadership Roundtable Panel Event
Tokyo
External Seminars
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Climate Change: Empowering Board Directors and Companies to Shape the Future
Tokyo
Nishimura & Asahi Seminars
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Israel's top smart mobility startups in Tokyo
Tokyo
Nishimura & Asahi Seminars
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Creating Infrastructure, Policy Framework and Investment on the Path to a Hydrogen Economy
Yokohama
External Seminars
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Japan Wind Energy 2021: Global Engagement and Localisation
Yokohama
External Seminars
Publications
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Thailand: Land Ownership Rules and Common Questions raised by Non-Thai Investors
Articles
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Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Green Innovation Fund
Articles
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Biomass power generation: supply and sustainability
Articles
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First tender process under new offshore wind law underway
Articles
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Impact of Japan's Civil Code reform on energy & natural resources transactions
Articles
News
Education
- 2007
- Columbia University School of Law (LL.M.)
- 1999
- Keio University, Faculty of Law (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
- Outside Executive Director, Net One Systems Co.,Ltd.
- Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee), OPTIMUS Group Co., Ltd.
- Lecturer, SME University of Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN
- Lecturer, Surugadai University Law School