Dale Caldwell assists in the firm’s representation of public and private lenders, borrowers, project sponsors and construction contractors in a broad range of finance transactions, including in the areas of project finance, acquisition finance, syndicated lending, equipment, lease and trade finance and workouts. Mr. Caldwell is also involved in cross-border M&A, joint venture and strategic alliance transactions.

Mr. Caldwell received his J.D., magna cum laude , from the University of Minnesota, and has practiced in the firm’s Tokyo office since 1996. He currently serves as a co-chair of the Private Equity Buyout Group.

• The firm’s representation of Dainippon Ink & Chemicals in its sale (to management) of DIC’s Reichhold Division, consisting of more than 45 companies with 1700 employees, 16 manufacturing facilities and 9 R&D and technical support centers located in countries throughout North and South America, Europe and the Middle East.
• The firm’s representation of the lenders in a $210,000,000 syndicated LBO financing provided in connection with the acquisition of a group of U.S. and Japanese companies.
• The firm’s representation of the lead lender and the lenders’ administrative agent in connection with the financing of the $700,000,000 KEPCO Ilijan IPP Project, a 1,200 MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant in the Philippines.
• The firm’s representation of Fujitsu Limited in its formation (together with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) of Spansion LLC, a $3,000,000,000 company that combines Fujitsu’s and AMD’s world-wide flash memory business.