Atsumi & Sakai has added Alan Kitchin as a partner in its Tokyo office to lead its international projects and M&A practice. A registered foreign lawyer for the laws of the United Kingdom and a solicitor of England & Wales, Kitchin has been for years a leader in the cross-border projects, project finance and cross-border M&A areas. In 1987, he founded the Energy Group of a UK-headquartered global law firm (presently named Ashurst); in 1989 he founded the firm’s Tokyo Office and, for 15 years, served as the Managing Partner of the Tokyo Office, and was head of its Asian practice after the opening of its office in Singapore. Subsequently, he was a Senior Partner at another UK-headquartered global law firm, Clifford Chance’s Tokyo Office, after which he managed his own law practice in London. Kitchin has for many years worked in the global project, project finance and international M&A areas. Among other things, he managed many matters for Tokyo-based Japanese clients, including government-owned financial institutions (including a number of ECAs), major Japanese and foreign banks, major trading houses and many other prestigious companies.
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