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The Tokyo office of the Firm recently represented Skylark Co., Ltd. (“Skylark”) 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. All of the shares in the global offering were sold by funds affiliated with Bain Capital LLC.

Skylark is Japan’s largest operator of full-service casual dining chains, with approximately 3,000 restaurants servicing over 300 million customers per year, as well as one of the world’s leading operators of full-service dining chains by number of restaurants.  

The international joint lead managers for the international offering were Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Nomura International plc, Merrill Lynch International, Goldman Sachs International, J.P. Morgan Securities plc and Mizuho International plc. 

The Simpson Thacher team for the transaction included Takahiro Saito and Nirav Mehta (Capital Markets – Tokyo); Sean Fitzgerald (Tax – London); and Taylor Alexander (Tax – New York).