About the Office

The principal focus in our Tokyo office is on capital markets transactions and mergers and acquisitions/joint ventures involving Japanese and foreign enterprises, although we also work on high-yield debt and acquisition finance, structured and project finance and credit and leveraged finance transactions, as well as compliance and internal investigations, and a broad range of other corporate and advisory projects. We play a central role in the flow of major cross-border transactions involving many sectors of the Japanese economy, focusing on the technology and financial institutions sectors.

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Recognition

  • Our Tokyo office received the following awards at the Asian Legal Business Law Awards Japan 2009:
    • International Dealmaker of the Year
    • International Deal Firm of the Year
    • Japan Deal of the Year
    • M&A Deal of the Year
  • Davis Polk was named "Employer of Choice" among foreign law firms in Japan by Asian Legal Business (2008, 2009 and 2010).
  • Davis Polk was recognized for its "incredibly strong capital markets group” and its “esteemed global M&A capabilities" by Chambers Asia (2009).

Recent Matters

  • $11.1 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S global offering of common stock by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (2010) – this is the largest equity offering to date in 2010
  • $3.9 billion global offering of common stocks and convertible bonds by Hitachi, a Japanese conglomerate (2009) 
  • $891 million global offering of common stock by ORIX Corporation, one of Japan's leading financial services groups (2009)
  • $9.2 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S global offering of common stock by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (2009)
  • $938 million underwritten rights offering by Shinhan Financial Group, the largest Korean financial institution by market capitalization. The offering is the largest rights offering out of Korea (2009)
  • $2 billion Schedule B debt offering of notes by the Korean Development Bank (2009)
  • $2 billion Schedule B debt offering of notes by the Export-Import Bank of Korea (2009)

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