M&A / Private Equity

• bitFlyer on its section 363 purchase of FTX Japan
• KOITO on its preferred stock investment in, and proposed take-private of, Cepton
• GA technologies on its acquisition of Renters Warehouse in an Article 9 foreclosure
• JIC Capital on its $6.3 billion acquisition of JSR Corporation and $4.7 billion acquisition of Shinko Electric Industries
• Relo Group on the business combination of BGRS with SIRVA
• A Ferrero affiliated company on its acquisition of Ferrara Candy Company Holdings
• ABB on its $2.6 billion acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions
• Comcast on its acquisition of SportsEngine
• Anacor Pharmaceuticals on its $5.2 billion acquisition by Pfizer
• Atairos Group on its acquisitions of Bowlmor AMF and Learfield Communications
• Metalmark Capital on its minority investment in preferred interests of Reliance Gathering

Selected M&A matters before joining Davis Polk:

• Eppendorf on its acquisition of the centrifuge business of Japan’s Koki Holdings
• Toray Industries on its acquisition of Alva Sweden
• Knorr-Bremse on its acquisition of Hitachi’s integral power steering business for commercial vehicles
• Seiyo Food-Compass Group on the spinoff of its catering operations at sports and leisure facilities

Capital Markets

The issuer in:

• Mitsubishi HC Capital and Mitsubishi HC Finance America’s senior notes offerings
• Money Forward’s follow-on offering
• PLAID’s global IPO
• Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank’s GMTN program and offerings of senior notes, including its inaugural issuances of green bonds and SOFR-linked bonds
• SEC-registered offerings of senior notes by a Japanese issuer
• A solicitation of noteholder consents and offering of senior notes by a Japanese issuer
• A PIPE of stock and warrants by a US biotech issuer

The initial purchasers/underwriters in:

• Global IPOs by Noile-Immune Biotech, TMS, Net Protections, PHC Holdings and Visional
• Recruit Holdings’ ¥373.9 billion secondary offering
• Olympus’ debut senior notes offering
• NTT Finance’s concurrent $8 billion and €2 billion offerings of senior notes guaranteed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone and offering of unguaranteed green bonds
• Nissan Motor’s concurrent $8 billion and €2 billion offerings of senior notes
• SEC-registered offerings by Mizuho Financial Group, Medtronic, Editas Medicine and Kinsale Capital
• Block trades in shares of Japanese issuers totaling over ¥700 billion in the aggregate