Mari Foster
  1. Associate
  1. Tokyo
+81 3 5574 2655

Ms. Foster is an associate in Davis Polk's Corporate Department, practicing in the Tokyo office. A native English and fluent Japanese speaker, she primarily advises 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

Practice Focus

Bar Admissions

  • State of New York

Education

  • B.A., Columbia University, 2006
  • J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 2012