Squire Patton Boggs has announced the appointment of Corporate partner Rika Beppu. Ms. Beppu was previously head of Corporate and M&A at Hogan Lovells in Tokyo, and she also served as office managing partner and head of the corporate department at Simmons & Simmons in Tokyo. More >>
Tags: Squire Patton Boggs | TokyoK&L Gates Bolsters Japan Corporate Practice with Tokyo Partner Addition
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Eric W. Sedlak as a corporate partner in the Tokyo office. Sedlak joins K&L Gates from Jones Day. More >>
Tags: K&L Gates LLP | TokyoAshurst further enhances M&A capabilities in Japan
Jones Day Welcomes Technology and Life Science IP Litigator Maxwell Fox as Partner in Tokyo
Davis Polk Advises Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. on Its $4 Billion SEC-Registered Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) on its debut SEC-registered takedown offering, which consisted of $1.75 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.934% senior notes due 2021, $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.784% senior notes due 2026 and $750 million aggregate principal amount of floating-rate senior notes due 2021. More >>
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell | TokyoLeading Real Estate Partner Joshua Isenberg Joins Morrison & Foerster in Tokyo
Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Joshua Isenberg has joined the firm’s Tokyo office as a partner in its real estate practice. Mr. Isenberg comes to Morrison & Foerster from Paul Hastings, where he led its local real estate practice in Tokyo. He brings to the firm strong expertise in cross-border transactions. More >>
Tags: Morrison & Foerster LLP | TokyoSimpson Thacher Represents the Dealers in Connection with the Update of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s $50 Billion Medium Term Notes Program and Senior Notes Offering Thereunder
Simpson Thacher recently represented the dealers in connection with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s (“SMBC”) update of its US$50 billion Global Medium Term Notes Program and the offering of US$3 billion of senior notes thereunder. The senior notes were guaranteed by SMBC’s New York branch and offered and sold in reliance on the exemption from SEC registration provided in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act. SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited, Barclays Bank PLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Merrill Lynch International, Nomura Securities International, Inc. and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. are dealers under the program. Goldman, Sachs & Co., SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. and Nomura Securities International, Inc. acted as the representatives for the offering of the senior notes. More >>
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | TokyoMilbank Advises Japanese Power Company Chubu Electric in $899M Financing for Energy Project in Ohio
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP advised Japan-based electricity utility Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. in its acquisition of an interest in a state-of-the-art 700 megawatt electricity generating plant to be constructed in northeastern Ohio More >>
Tags: Milbank LLP | New York | TokyoHerbert Smith Freehills Advises Softbank Corp on Stake Increase in Aldebaran Robotics
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Japanese telecommunications and internet company SoftBank Corp. on its acquisition of a further share of interest in Aldebaran Robotics, a French robotics company which designs, manufactures and sells autonomous humanoid robots More >>
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Paris | TokyoAnderson Mori & Tomotsune and Bingham Sakai Mimura Aizawa Sign a Definitive Agreement to Integrate their Practices
We are pleased to announce that Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (“AMT”) and Bingham Sakai Mimura Aizawa (“BSMA”) have entered into a definitive agreement to integrate the practices of AMT and BSMA’s principal attorneys, and that the following BSMA lawyers will join our firm as partners post-integration: More >>
Tags: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune | Tokyo