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Makiko  Harunari

Makiko Harunari

Work Department

Banking and Finance: International Firms and Joint Ventures

Position

Head of Simpson Thacher’s Asia Banking and Credit Practice, Makiko concentrates on complex cross-border financing transactions throughout the Asia-Pacific region and advises a varied roster of prominent financial sponsors, corporate borrowers and international financial institutions. Her practice includes a broad mix of acquisition finance, real estate finance, fund finance, private credit, hybrid equity, back-leverage and other innovative financing products and continues to grow restructuring capabilities. Makiko has extensive industry experience across real estate, infrastructure, healthcare and industrials.

Career

Joined the Firm in 2007; became Partner in 2019. She is admitted to practice in New York and as a solicitor in Hong Kong, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Memberships

Deputy Chair of APAC Executive Committee of Fund Finance Association

Education

Makiko received her J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University School of Law in 2007 and her B.A. from Yale University in 2001.

Personal

Originally from Japan, Makiko grew up in Europe and was educated in the United States, and is fluent in Japanese.