Junko Pitt (Shiokawa)
Consultant
Junko Pitt (Shiokawa) is a Consultant in the Hong Kong office of Conyers.
Junko’s practice includes investment funds and corporate finance. Junko specialises in investment funds for corporate and private clients. She has a wealth of experience in acting as lead counsel for Japanese and other Asian financial institutions and investment managers in the structuring and formation of various types of funds, including private equity funds, venture capital funds and hedge funds. She also assists clients in dispute resolutions and corporate matters, including financing transactions of private and listed companies. In addition, Junko advises on Japanese private client matters including cross-border succession planning and divorce.
Jurisdictions
Qualifications
Professional Background
- Partner, Withers, Hong Kong
- Partner, Harney Westwood & Riegels, Hong Kong
- Registered Foreign Lawyer, Conyers Dill & Pearman, Hong Kong
- Director, Barclays Capital Japan Limited
- Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York and Tokyo
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London
- Lawyer, Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematsu, Japan
Education
- Stanford University, MSL, 2000
- Keio University, LLB, 1993
Bar Admissions
- New York Bar, 2002
- Japanese Bar, 1995
Awards & Accolades
- Recognised as a leading lawyer, IFLR1000 2014 (and 2013) (financial and corporate)
Associations
- New York State Bar Association
Languages
- English
- Japanese