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Masahisa
Ikeda
Partner
Education
Harvard University, Law School, J.D., 1993, cum laude
University of Tokyo, LL.B., 1990
Harvard University, A.B., 1989, magna cum laude
Practice
Mr. Ikeda is the Managing Partner of Shearman & Sterling's Tokyo office. Mr. Ikeda’s practice covers general corporate matters, with a particular focus on capital markets and M&A transactions. He has extensive experience representing Japanese issuers and underwriters in registered global offerings, listings and in global private placements, and representing Japanese corporations either as buyers or sellers in cross-border M&A and private equity transactions. He has provided securities law advice to numerous industrial and financial clients in Japan, including many of the largest electronics manufacturers, high-technology companies, securities firms, and U.S. and Japanese regulatory authorities.
Recent Experience
- Toyota Motor Corporation as the issuer and selling shareholders (Banks’ Shareholdings Purchase Corporation) in a US$2.6 billion SEC-registered international equity offering. Nomura Securities, Merrill Lynch and Nikko Citi Group acted as joint lead bookrunning managers
- The initial purchasers, led by Goldman Sachs International, Daiwa SMBC and Nomura International plc as joint-lead managers and joint bookrunners, of a US$1.5 billion Rule 144A/Reg S global offering of common stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by Aeon Co., Ltd.
- The initial purchasers, led by Morgan Stanley, of a US$504 million SEC-registered international equity offering of shares of common stock of Ctrip as issuer and Rakuten as selling shareholder
- Daiwa Securities SMBC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities and Goldman Sachs as joint-lead underwriters in a US$550 million Rule 144A/Reg S global offering of SUMCO Corporation
- Daiwa Securities SMBC and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities as joint global coordinators in a US$1.47 billion Rule 144A/Reg S IPO of SUMCO Corporation
- Central Japan Railway Company as issuer and the Japanese government as selling shareholder in connection with its US$4.28 billion IPO, involving a Rule 144A/Reg S international offering of shares and a concurrent domestic public offering of shares listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Nomura Securities and UBS Securities acted as joint-lead bookrunning managers
- The Japan National Oil Corporation as the selling shareholder in the privatization of INPEX Corporation, through its US$1.5 billion Rule 144A/Reg S international offering of shares listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Nomura Securities and Daiwa Securities SMBC acted as joint-lead bookrunning managers
- The initial purchasers, led by Goldman Sachs International and Nomura International plc as joint-lead managers and joint bookrunners, of a US$937 million Rule 144A/Reg S global offering of common stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by Aeon Co., Ltd.
- Kikkoman Corporation and Kibun Food Chemifa Co., Ltd. in a transaction making Kibun Food Chemifa, consolidated subsidiary of Kikkoman, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kikkoman through a share exchange
- Kioritz Corporation and Shindaiwa Corporation in their business integration by establishing a joint holding company through a share transfer
- Fujifilm Holdings Corporation as US counsel in connection with its US$1.44 billion acquisition of Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd., jointly with Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. in its 300 billion yen investment in Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
- Kirin Holdings Company, Limited as U.S. counsel in its US$1.47 billion tender offer for Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- The Longreach Group in its US$694 million acquisition of a 51% interest in EnTie Commercial Bank, Ltd., a Taiwanese commercial bank, through the purchase of newly-issued common and preferred shares and the purchase of common shares from existing shareholders
- Pioneer Corporation in its US$122 million global tender offer for shares of Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
- Nomura Principal Finance in its US$2.3 billion global tender offer for Skylark Co., Ltd. as part of the largest management buyout in Japan
- Nomura Principal Finance in its US$858 million global tender offer for Tsubaki Nakashima Co., Ltd.
- Kirin Breweries in its US$675 million global tender offer for Kirin Beverage Corporation
- Kirin Breweries in its US$250 million global tender offer for Mercian Corporation
- Volvo AB in its US$1.07 billion global tender offer for Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd.
- Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. in its US$1.2 billion tender offer for the publicly held shares of Seven-Eleven, Inc., the world’s largest chain of convenience stores
- Merrill Lynch International Inc. as financial adviser to UFJ Holdings, Inc. in its US$41.4 billion SEC-registered share exchange merger with Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (“MTFG”), under MTFG’s holding company
- Merrill Lynch International Inc. as financial advisor to Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in its US$7.4 billion SEC-registered share exchange merger with Sankyo Co., Ltd. under a newly established holding company
- The Longreach Group Limited in its acquisition of 24.98% interest in McDonald’s Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd., a division of McDonald’s Corporation, from the Fujita Family for US$670 million
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
District of Columbia
Japan (as a Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi)
Languages
English
Japanese
French
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