Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advised Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. on the SEC registration and New York Stock Exchange listing of its American Depositary Receipts, representing its common shares. SMFG is one of the largest financial institutions in the world in terms of assets. SMFG's common shares have a market capitalization of $41 billion, the largest of any NYSE listing since 2002 and the largest ever of a Japanese issuer listing on the NYSE.

The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Theodore A. Paradise, counsel Michael T. Dunn and associates Stephen Lindholm, Hiroshi Sugiyama, Shinichi Yuhara, Miles E. Hawks (not yet admitted) and Jesse Gillespie. The tax team included partner John D. Paton and associate Kent Heggerud. Banking law advice was provided by partner Arthur S. Long and associate E. Ashley Harris. OFAC advice was provided by counsel William B. Hoffman and associate Jeanine P. McGuinness. Employee benefits advice was provided by counsel Cynthia Akard, Ada Dekhtyar Karczmer and Marcie A. Goldstein and associate Ann Becchina. Associate Catherine L. Martin provided Investment Company Act advice. The legal assistants on the transaction included Nozomi Kameyama and Yuko Ema. Members of the Davis Polk team are based in the Tokyo, London, New York, Washington DC and Menlo Park offices.