Michael T. Dunn

Counsel

michael.dunn@davispolk.com

Mr. Dunn is counsel in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department. Fluent in Japanese, he has worked in the Tokyo office for over 10 years. His primary practice areas include: capital markets; dispute resolution; and mergers and acquisitions, including joint ventures. Together with Messrs. Gregor and Paradise, Mr. Dunn regularly advises Japanese companies listed in the United States in connection with their respective SEC and exchange reporting obligations. In 2010, he advised, together with Mr. Paradise, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings in connection with their respective SEC registrations. He also works with the Hong Kong office advising Japanese companies considering Hong Kong IPOs.

Business Combinations

Mr. Dunn concentrates on mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, particularly cross-border transactions involving Japanese parties, as highlighted by his role in Nikko Cordial Corporation’s (now Nikko Cordial Securities Inc.) share exchange with Citigroup Inc. involving the first-ever use of a triangular merger structure by a foreign firm in Japan. More recently, Mr. Dunn has advised, together with Mr. Paradise, on cross-border transactions involving Nippon Mining Holdings (now JX Holdings), Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings and Nippon Life Insurance.

Capital Markets

Mr. Dunn advises clients on a broad array of corporate finance transactions, including privatization and IPOs, representing issuers, underwriters and governments in global and U.S. targeted securities offerings, both SEC-registered and exempt, by Japanese issuers. Together with Messrs. Gregor and Paradise, he has advised The Japanese Ministry of Finance, Cybird, Fuji Television Network, Hitachi, Nippon Life Insurance, ORIX, Promise, and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. He has worked on other capital markets transactions for Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, JR West, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Nippon Commercial Investment, and NTT.

Dispute Resolution

Together with Messrs. Gregor and Paradise, Mr. Dunn counsels clients on litigation, enforcement, dispute resolution, FCPA and internal investigations.

English | 日本語

Contact

Tokyo
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi Jimusho
Izumi Garden Tower 33F
1-6-1 Roppongi
Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-6033
P: +81-3-5561-4433
F: +81-3-5561-4156

Related Practices

Corporate

Bar Admissions

State of New York

Education

B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1989
J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law, 1997
- Executive Editor, Connecticut Law Review
LL.M., University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, 1999
- Monbusho Fellow

Languages

Japanese

Work Highlights

Business Combinations

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's acquisition of Promise
Tokyo Stock Exchange tender offer for Osaka Securities Exchange
Crescendo’s acquisition of Japan Single-Residence REIT
Nippon Mining Holdings merger with Nippon Oil on Form F-4
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group tender offer by its subsidiaries
Investment by Nippon Life Insurance in Prudential
Furukawa Electric share exchange on Form CB
Nikko Cordial acquisition by Citigroup on Form S-4
Mitsubishi Chemical tender offer for Mitsubishi Plastics
Yamanouchi Pharmaceuticals cross-border sales of Bear Creek and Shaklee
Mitsubishi Chemical tender offer for Mitsubishi Pharma
Ajinomoto/Unilever East Asia JV dispositions
Canon and Canon Components share exchange on Form CB

Capital Markets

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group listing on the New York Stock Exchange
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group tender offers by its subsidiaries
Rule 144A/Regulation S equity and debt offerings by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and its wholly owned subsidiary, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Hitachi private placement and Regulation S common stock offering
Rule 144A/Regulation S common stock and debt offerings by Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings
Mitsubishi Chemical Regulation S convertible bond offering
Promise Rule 144A/Regulation S debt offering
ORIX SEC-registered shelf takedown of notes offering
Nippon Commercial Investment Rule 144A/Regulation S J-REIT initial public offering
Nippon Life Insurance Rule 144A/Regulation S structured debt offering
JR West privatization by way of Rule 144A/Regulation S common stock offering
Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Regulation S common stock offering
JR East Rule 144A/Regulation S common stock offering
ACOM Rule 144A/Regulation S common stock offering
Fuji Television Network Rule 144A/Regulation S common stock offering
Cybird Rule 144A/Regulation S common stock offering

Dispute Resolution

Securities class action for a major Japanese technological and industrial firm

Please click the “News, Publications & Events” tab to see details of recent deals by Mr. Dunn.

Recognition

Selected as one of the “50 Best Lawyers in Japan” by Corporate INTL magazine

Listed as a leading lawyer in legal industry publications, including:

Legal Media Group’s Guide to Asia-Pacific’s Leading Capital Markets Lawyers and Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyers
Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2009 – Capital Markets & Corporate Finance and M&A

Recipient of numerous awards, including:

ALB Japan Law Awards 2009
- International Deal Firm of the Year
- M&A Deal of the Year (Nikko Cordial acquisition by Citigroup)
- Japan Deal of the Year (Nikko Cordial acquisition by Citigroup)
ALB Japan Law Awards 2008 – M&A Deal of the Year ([Nikko Cordial acquisition by Citigroup])
ALB Japan Law Awards 2007
- Equity Market Deal of the Year (Aozora Bank’s IPO)
- International Deal Team of the Year
ALB Japan Law Awards 2006 – Securitization Deal of the Year (Nippon Life Insurance)

Professional History

Counsel, 2009-present
Associate, Davis Polk, 2000-2008
Momo-o Matsuo & Namba (Tokyo), 1996-2000

News

Davis Polk Advises ORIX Corporation on Its $500 Million SEC-Registered Notes Offering

Davis Polk Advises Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation on $1.5 Billion Concurrent Senior Bond Offering

Davis Polk Advises Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation on $2 Billion Concurrent Senior Bond Offerings

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Client Publications

香港資本市場における近時の進展（参考和訳）
Client Newsletter

香港IPO資本市場における近時の進展（参考和訳）
Client Newsflash

SEC and DOJ Announce Resolutions of FCPA “Industry Sweep”; First SEC Charge Against a Non-U.S. Issuer for FCPA Violations
Client Newsflash

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