Simpson Thacher’s Tokyo office recently represented the underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank Securities and BofA Merrill Lynch in a shelf takedown of $500 million 3.75% Senior Notes due 2017 of ORIX Corporation.

ORIX is one of the leading financial services firms in Japan and is a worldwide provider of corporate and retail finance, leasing, real estate and investment banking services. As of December 31, 2011, ORIX had a global network of local business partners in 27 countries, with total consolidated assets of ¥8.1 trillion.

The Simpson Thacher team included Alan Cannon, David Snowden and Kate Renaud (Capital Markets) in Tokyo; Robert Holo and Danny Salinas (Tax) and Andrew Pagliughi (FINRA and Blue Sky) in New York.