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2027 Edition
Capital markets : Debt - Foreign
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Originally founded in 1875, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison is a New York-based international firm with more than 1,000 lawyers across eight offices. The firm established its Tokyo office in 1987.

 

Focusses / specialisms 

The firm’s Tokyo office is best known for its work in the foreign M&A, private equity and capital markets practices. It advises Japanese companies in the US and elsewhere around the globe, alongside US and other non-Japanese clients in connection with activities in Japan. The firm is also active in joint ventures, investment fund formations and restructurings.

 

Key clients 

Key clients of the firm include Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Apollo, Mitsubishi Chemical America, Itochu and SoftBank.

 

Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023) 

Financial services regulatory

“Global network, English documentation, and organising and streamlining complicated legal issues.”

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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Mitsubishi Corp - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Japan
Bond issue
Mitsubishi Corp
Issuer
Apollo Global Management Inc. - M&A
2021-01-28
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Japan
M&A
Apollo Global Management Inc.
Buyer
Mitsubishi Corp - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Japan
Bond issue
Mitsubishi Corp
Issuer
Firms opened new fronts in Abu Dhabi and Madrid this week, while New York remained a battleground for senior transactional talent
Targeted partner hires in antitrust, funds and finance show how firms are strengthening priority benches while elite rivals supply senior talent
Among top hires, Orrick added a Kirkland & Ellis capital markets duo, Paul Weiss brought in NY capital markets partners, while King & Spalding, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader and Lowenstein Sandler expanded their structured finance and securities benches
Among top moves, Freshfields and Baker McKenzie strengthened their corporate benches, while Sidley added a former Ashurst partner in Hong Kong
Additions from Clifford Chance, Mayer Brown, Akin and Freshfields headlined a week that also included an M&A hire for Paul Weiss and Cleary’s hire of a PE-focused debt finance partner
We round up this week’s lateral hires at leading firms across Germany, the US, UK and Brazil
M&A
M&A lawyers Trent Bridges and Michael Darby join the firm’s M&A groups in Houston and New York respectively
M&A
We round up top lateral hires across the finance, PE, M&A, competition and corporate practices at leading law firms in the UK, the US and the EU
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