Judith T. Kitano

Prior to joining the Firm, Judith was involved in several notable transactions, including:

• Counseled companies in connection with the establishment of bank credit facilities and the issuance of debt in private, 144A and public transactions, as well as with workouts of troubled loans.
• Represented lenders, including in connection with a USD 5.6 billion secured loan to a troubled financial company and related structured financing and establishment of novel tranches of debt.
• Advised a large investor-owned utility in establishing a USD 1.6 billion credit facility with unique security features.
• Assisted an issuer in creating a USD 400 million innovative “negative yield” structured security.
• Acted as counsel on the acquisitions of public companies by merger or tender offer, including a USD 22 billion reinsurance company and publicly traded building products and apparel concerns.
• Represented private equity funds in various transactions, including preferred equity investments, the purchase of convertible instruments and the negotiation of related corporate governance agreements.
• Represented strategic purchasers in the acquisition of insurance companies.
• Negotiated joint ventures providing PCS services in numerous states, including exchanges of joint venture interests for stock of an international telecommunications issuer.
• Represented financial institutions in acquisitions and dispositions, including purchases and sales of banks, savings and loans, branches, credit card portfolios and deposits.
• Represented a Japanese conglomerate in connection with a manufacturing joint venture.
• Represented an energy company in a USD 540 million issuance of convertible preferred securities.