We are pleased to announce that on May 28 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Tokyo, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune was honored with impressive awards from Asian Legal Business for providing excellent legal services in various large and complex deals in 2008.
Our firm was awarded the Japanese Deal Firm of the Year and Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year. The following transactions in which we were involved were also nominated and MUFJ Financial Group Global Offering won the Equity Market Deal of the Year:
Debt Market Deal of the Year | Yamada Denki Convertible Bond Offering |
Rabobank Public Samurai Bond Offering | |
Equity Market Deal of the Year | MUFJ Financial Group Global Offering |
Seven Bank IPO | |
Visa IPO | |
M&A Deal of the Year | Shinsei Bank- GE Consumer Finance Acquisition |
Real Estate Deal of the Year | OCM Netherlands Opportunities Cooperatif UA - Re-Plus Residential Stake Acquisition |
J-REP Co. Real Estate Fund Establishment | |
Technology, Media and Telecommunications Deal of the Year | Jupiter Telecommunications - Mediatti Communications Acquisition |
Furthermore, our partner Akiko Kimura received the prestigious "Japanese Dealmaker of the Year" award for her great achievements in various deals.