Experience
Represented SoftBank in the acquisition financing secured for its $21.6 billion acquisition of a 78% interest in U.S. wireless operator Sprint Nextel. The transaction was the largest announced U.S. M&A transaction of 2012, the largest outbound investment from Asia and the largest U.S. M&A transaction in Japan’s history.
Representing Mitsui Gas e Energia do Brasil Ltda in its acquisition of a 49% stake in Petrobras Gás S.A – Gaspetro, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brazilian state-owned oil company Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, for approximately US$500 million. Gaspetro holds an interest in 19 companies that distribute natural gas under concession agreements with 19 different Brazilian states.
Represented Mitsui & Co., Ltd. in the formation of a joint venture in Brazil with Odebrecht TransPort S.A. (transportation arm of Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht S.A.), which will be devoted to developing and operating public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the Brazilian urban mobility transportation market. Mitsui will own 40% of the joint venture company, which will be formed with initial contributions of cash and interests in four transportation projects.
Represented SCM Minera Lumina Copper Chile in connection with the $1.4 billion limited recourse project financing for the development of the Caserones Copper and Molybdenum Mining Project in Chile. Minera Lumina is 75% owned by Pan Pacific Copper (which is a joint venture of JX Holdings, Inc. and Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.) and 25% owned by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The financing consisted of a $1.1 billion senior facility provided by JBIC and a group of commercial banks that received the benefit of a NEXI guaranty, and a $300 million junior facility provided by a group of commercial banks that received a guaranty from JOGMEC.
Represented Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Corporation in a $320 million junior facility provided by a group of commercial banks that received the benefit of a JOGMEC guaranty. The junior facility will be used by such entities to provide sponsor funding for the development of a large copper and molybdenum mine under development in the Sierra Gorda district of Chile.
Represented Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. in their $1.2 billion acquisition of a controlling interest in five gas-fired combined cycle power stations in Mexico with an aggregate total generating capacity of 2,233MW and a related gas pipeline company, and in connection with the financing for such acquisition.
Represented Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corporation (TANE) in its role as EPC contractor for the design and construction of a two unit, 2,800 MW Advanced Boiling Water Reactor nuclear power plant at the South Texas Project in Texas. Also representing TANE in connection with a vendor financing credit facility made available to one of the owners of the new units at the South Texas Project.
Represented Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corporation in its $300 million investment in Nuclear Innovation North American LLC, a joint venture with NRG Energy Inc. that was formed to develop nuclear projects in North America.
Represented Woodside Petroleum Limited in the $1.5 billion financing for this liquefied natural gas project in Australia. Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) provided a $1 billion tranche, and a syndicate of commercial lenders, lead by The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., provided the remaining $500 million tranche.