Yoshi Kusama Sanders
Lawyers
Associate in our Corporate practice, based in Tokyo.
Experience
Capital Markets
- Norinchukin Bank $1 billion senior notes offering
- Kioxia Holdings $2.2 billion senior guaranteed notes offerings
- Nissan Motor concurrent $3 billion and €1.3 billion senior notes offerings
- Mizuho Financial Group $3 billion senior notes offering
- Mizuho Financial Group $1.9 billion senior notes offering
- Sanrio ¥135.1 billion secondary offering
M&A
- Toyota Fudosan and Akio Toyoda in their pending acquisition of Toyota Industries
Selected M&A matters before joining Davis Polk:
- Honda Motor in its acquisition of Yachiyo Industry
- Aoki Shoten in its acquisition of Aoki Super
- Nippon Steel in its acquisition of Nippon Steel Trading
- Sumitomo Pharma and Sumitovant Biopharma in their acquisition of Myovant Sciences
Education
J.D., University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
- magna cum laude
LL.M., Doshisha University, Graduate School of Law
LL.M., University of Zurich, Faculty of Law
- magna cum laude
LL.B., Doshisha University
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York
Yoshi is not qualified to practice in Japan and works under the supervision of a registered foreign lawyer (gaikokuho-jimu bengoshi).