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Clifford Chance (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)’s capital markets team in Tokyo offers a comprehensive service to major clients on both the debt and equity side, covering IPOs, euro/global bonds, 144A/Reg S offerings, samurai and convertible bonds. Leng-Fong Lai advises on a broad range of capital markets products, with particular expertise in off- and on-balance sheet structured products, collateralised notes, project and covered bonds, and asset-backed financings. Reiko Sakimura is well known for her expertise in convertible bonds, 144A/Reg S bonds, MTNs, and equity offerings, among other areas. At the associate level, Chihiro Ashizawa focuses on debt capital market issuances in the Japanese market by non-Japanese issuers (including samurai bonds), while Matthew Ball specialises in public debt and equity transactions.
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‘Reiko Sakimura has a wide variety of experience not only in law firms but also in investment banks which means the advice she gives balanced legal and business considerations. She commands English and Japanese perfectly. Matthew Ball is also a very good, hardworking and diligent lawyer.'
‘Reiko Sakimura is highly regarded as a professional for her drafting skills and her balanced advice.'
Key clients
- Morgan Stanley
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Work highlights
- Advised Morgan Stanley and the other joint lead managers on the structuring and underwriting of $500m of bonds issued by Kubota Credit Corporation, U.S.A. (guaranteed by Kubota Corporation), listed on the Singapore Exchange.
- Advised the Ministry of Finance of the Arab Republic of Egypt as Japanese and English legal counsel on its second issuance of 5-year Samurai bonds worth $500m (JPY75 billion), guaranteed by SMBC with credit enhancement by the Africa Finance Corporation.