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N&A, S&C, TMI advise as Japan's Nidec makes $1.6 bln bid for Makino Milling

BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

TMI Associates, Freshfields and Davis Polk & Wardwell have represented Japanese manufacturing giant Nidec on its 257-billion-yen ($1.6 billion) bid for Makino Milling Machine, which turned to Nishimura & Asahi and Sullivan & Cromwell for advice.
Freshfields, S&C advise on Japan Tobacco’s $2.4 bln Vector take-private deal

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Japan Tobacco (JT) in its $2.4 billion acquisition of Vector Group, the fourth-largest tobacco company in the United States. Sullivan & Cromwell advised Vector on the sale.
STB, S&C, Freshies act on $8 bln cross-border AC assets deal

BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

Sullivan & Cromwell has advised German engineering group Robert Bosch on its $8 billion agreement to acquire the residential ventilation businesses of Johnson Controls and Japanese group Hitachi.
S&C, Freshies guide $905 mln U.S.-Japan tire deal

BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

U.S. law firm Sullivan & Cromwell is advising Goodyear Tire & Rubber on the planned sale of its Off-the-Road equipment tire business to Japan's Yokohama Rubber, which is being represented by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
S&C, Esin advise on $2.2 bln Turkey cement investment

BY Nimitt Dixit |

International law firm Sullivan & Cromwell has guided Taiwan Cement Corporation (TCC) on its $2.2 billion further investment in Turkish pension fund Ordu Yardımlaşma Kurumu’s (OYAK) cement business, which was advised by Esin Attorney Partnership, Baker McKenzie’s member firm in Turkey.
Sullivan, MoFo, Davis Polk act on Softbank unit Arm’s blockbuster U.S. IPO

BY Mari Iwata |

Sullivan & Cromwell is advising SoftBank Group on the planned NASDAQ IPO of its UK subsidiary, chip designer Arm Holdings, which is represented by Morrison & Foerster. Davis Polk & Wardwell is acting for underwriters.
S&C advises MUFG on $936 mln investment in U.S. Bancorp

BY Mari Iwata |

Sullivan & Cromwell has advised Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on its $936 million investment in the Minnesota-based U.S. Bancorp.
Sullivan hires restructuring partner in HK from Kirkland

BY Mari Iwata |

Sullivan & Cromwell has nabbed financing and restructuring expert Jacqueline Wenchen Tang as a partner in Hong Kong from fellow U.S. firm Kirkland & Ellis.
S&C, N&A, STB, AMT act on Japan’s largest IPO since 2018

BY Mari Iwata |

Nishimura & Asahi and Sullivan & Cromwell are advising Rakuten Bank on its planned 106.8-billion-yen ($807 million) initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s prime market, with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Anderson Mori & Tomostune acting for the underwriters.
Sullivan, Covington, Milbank on $505 mln sale of ABB power conversion unit

BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

Milbank has advised Swedish-Swiss multinational corporation ABB on the $505 million sale of its U.S.-based power conversion business to Taiwan’s AcBel Polytech, which was represented by Sullivan & Cromwell and Covington & Burling.