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Simpson Thacher Represents Seibu Holdings Inc. in $435 Million IPO

04.24.14

The Tokyo office of the Firm recently represented Seibu Holdings Inc. in connection with its initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and global offering to institutional investors pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Seibu Holdings is a Tokyo-based holding company that operates a group of lifestyle and leisure businesses principally in Japan, including a major railway network in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area and Japan’s largest hotel chain in terms of net sales.

The international joint lead managers for the international offering were UBS Limited, Mizuho International plc, Merrill Lynch International, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Nomura International plc and Citigroup Global Markets Limited.

The Simpson Thacher team for the transaction included Takahiro Saito and David Snowden (Capital Markets) in Tokyo and Devin Heckman (Tax) in New York.