Judith T. Kitano

Judith Kitano is a corporate partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson and has been with the firm since 1988.

Ms. Kitano is a magna cum laude graduate of UCLA and holds a J.D. degree from Stanford Law School and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Ms. Kitano's practice encompasses a wide variety of business transactions, including private and public financings and mergers and acquisitions. She has represented companies in a variety of industries, including insurance, banking, entertainment, energy and manufacturing.

Experience

Some of Ms. Kitano's recent professional experience includes:

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

Practice Areas

Corporate
- Corporate Finance

Education

Stanford Law School (J.D., 1988)
Stanford University (M.B.A., 1988)
UCLA (B.A., magna cum laude, 1984) Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admissions

California

Experience
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Experience

Some of Ms. Kitano's recent professional experience includes:

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