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Mari Foster
Ms. Foster is an associate in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department, practicing in the New York office, in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. A native English and fluent Japanese speaker, she spent several years in the Tokyo office advising Japanese and international companies and financial institutions on global capital markets transactions, including SEC-registered and exempt securities offerings, and cross-border M&A transactions. She also advises Japanese companies in connection with their SEC and stock exchange reporting obligations and corporate governance requirements. |
Work Highlights
Ms. Foster’s recent experience includes the following representations:
EQUITY & SECURITIES
- Underwriters on SoftBank Corp.’s IPO
- Sushiro Global Holdings on its IPO
DEBT/HYBRID SECURITIES
- Underwriters on Shinsei Bank’s secondary offering of shares by J.C. Flowers and its affiliates
- Underwriters on Mizuho Financial Group’s SEC-registered notes offerings
- ORIX Corporation on its SEC-registered notes offerings
- Underwriters on Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.’s senior notes offering
- Underwriters on Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited’s step-up callable perpetual subordinated notes offering
- Nippon Life Insurance Company on its subordinated notes offering
- Underwriters on Invincible Investment Corporation’s investment units offerings
- Underwriters on Nippon REIT Investment Corporation’s investment units offering
M&A
- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma on its acquisition of NeuroDerm
Professional History
- Davis Polk since 2016