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.
- Energy Grid Corporation Ltd. – Sale of All Shares to Citadel
- Advised the lender on a financing for a renewable energy and BESS project in Japan
- Advising an overseas renewables firm on the EPC contract with a Japanese EPC contractor and the financing for a BESS project in Japan
- Advised Japanese Lender, on its non-recourse credit facility to a project company to provide long term financing to fund the construction of a Japanese wind power project in Hokkaido
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation: Acquisition of stake in Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
- LL.M. Columbia University School of Law, 2007
- LL.B. Keio University, Faculty of Law, 1999