Consultant

Brandon Whittaker

Capital Markets, Corporate & Securities, Public Companies & Corporate Governance

Tokyo +81 3 4563 1409

Brandon.Whittaker@mayerbrown.com

Overview

Clients turn to Brandon Whittaker for advice on a broad range of capital markets transactions. Brandon’s practice includes exchange offers, debt and equity offerings and tender offers. He also represents sponsors and investors in private equity transactions, including the formation and operation of investment funds, fund investments and related portfolio acquisitions.

Experience

Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Brandon advised:

Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corporation in a $33.2 billion tender offer for shares of common stock of NTT DOCOMO, Inc.
LINE Corporation in connection with its business integration with Z Holdings Corporation, which involved among other steps a joint tender offer by SoftBank Co., Ltd. and NAVER Corporation to acquire all of LINE's outstanding common stock (including American Depositary Shares), stock options and convertible bonds.
Toyota Motor Corporation in a $1.5 billion SEC-registered offering of sustainability bonds.
Japan Industrial Partners on its offshore fund structuring and fundraising in connection with a JIP-led consortium's successful tender offer for Toshiba Corporation. Shortlisted for "Private Equity Deal of the Year" by Asia Legal Awards 2024; and "Domestic Deal of the Year" by IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2024.
Advised Japanese governmental finance companies in relation to numerous fund investments.

KKR in connection with its US$4 billion acquisition of Calsonic Kansei Corporation and the subsequent refinancing relating to Calsonic's announced US$7.1 billion acquisition of Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. in connection with its US$2.75 billion SEC-registered takedown offering of callable, senior, fixed-to-floating, total loss-absorbing capacity ("TLAC")-compliant notes, listed on the Singapore Exchange Trading Limited. This is the first TLAC-compliant notes with such features to be issued by a Japanese globally systemically important bank.
World Co. Ltd. in connection with the international portion of its ¥48.4 billion initial public offering.
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. in connection with its AUS$625 million SEC-registered takedown offering of senior TLAC notes and listing on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.
The international joint lead managers in connection with the international portion of Mercari, Inc.'s V130.6 billion initial public offering.
KKR in connection with its US$2.2 billion acquisition of KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION (formerly part of Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.).
KKR in connection with its US$1.3 billion acquisition of Koki Holdings Co., Ltd. (formerly Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.).
Blackstone in connection with its acquisition of Tradesmen International Holdings, LLC.
KKR in connection with its US$1.67 billion acquisition of Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.

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