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Shinichiro (Shinichi) Kitamura

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Shinichiro Kitamura is the head of Baker McKenzie's Finance & Projects group in Tokyo. He has over 20 years of legal experience, including being seconded to the legal departments of two foreign financial institutions in London and Tokyo. Shinichiro is listed as a Leading Lawyer for Banking and Finance: Domestic, Japan in Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific 2021 and a Leading Individual for Banking and Finance in The Legal 500.

Cross-border lending in Asia Pacific continues to grow steadily despite external factors such as COVID-19. While the region is not immune to external factors, borrowing volumes for financial institutions, credit funds and other market participants remain high in Asia Pacific. Considering the demographics of many of the nations, the various financial centers and many market participants investing more substantially in some of those financial centers, we remain optimistic that lending activity across Asia Pacific will continue to grow.