Yuki Matsuda

Practice Areas

LBO finance, banking, structured finance, PFI/PPP, real estate, trust, sustainable finance, and venture debt.

Career

Joined Mori Hamada & Matsumoto in 2010, becoming Partner in 2021. Seconded to the Financial Solutions Division, Global Markets Business Unit at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. (2015-2016). Worked with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP , New York (2018-2019)

Professional Memberships

Admitted in Japan (Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association), 2010; New York, 2019.

Publications

"LBO Finance Preservation Mechanisms – Focusing on Practical Aspects of Security Packages and Contractual Mechanisms to Balance the Interests of Senior and Mezzanine Lenders" (Kinyu Homu Jijo, No.2127, 2019); "Comprehensive Analysis of M&A Laws of Japan, 2nd edition" (Yuhikaku Publishing, 2022, co-author); "Lexology Panoramic: Loans & Secured Financing 2025 - Japan Chapter"(Law Business Research, 2024, co-author); "Chambers Global Practice Guides Banking & Finance 2024 - Japan Chapter" (Chambers & Partners, 2024, co-author); "In-Depth: Lending and Secured Finance Edition 10 - Japan Chapter" (Law Business Research, 2024, co-author).

Clients

Commercial banks; securities firms; trust banks; PE funds.

Languages Spoken

Japanese and English

Experience

Yuki Matsuda deals mainly with LBO finance and handles a broad variety of financing transactions in Japan and overseas, ranging from conventional corporate finance to complex and cutting-edge structured finance, including banking, securitization, real estate investing, and PPP/PFI/Concessions. He has extensive experience in financial practice, including arrangement of major domestic and overseas finance projects at a securities firm. His command of knowledge of LBO financing is essential to the firm’s banking and finance group.

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