Kenji Taneda

Mr. Taneda has significant experience advising on a wide variety of corporate matters in Japan and abroad, including equity and debt offerings by Japanese corporations, financial institutions and sovereign entities, as well both public and private cross-border M&A transactions.

His representations in capital markets matters (including his prior experience) included advising:

• Mercari Inc. in its ¥130.7 billion initial public offering; 
• Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited on its $500 million senior notes offering;
• the underwriters on the ¥41.6 billion global IPO of LIXIL VIVA CORPORATION;
• the underwriters on multiple overseas hybrid debt offerings by Nippon Life Insurance Company;
• the underwriters on hybrid debt offerings by Sumitomo Life Insurance Company in 2013 and 2017;
• Daiwa House REIT on its ¥44.0 billion global equity offering;
• LaSalle Logiport REIT on its ¥105 billion global IPO;
• Mixi, Inc. on its ¥32.1 billion overseas offering of common stock;
• the underwriters on a ¥113 billion overseas offering of common stock by Olympus Corporation;
• SoftBank Group Corp. on a US$2.485 billion and a €625 million high-yield bond offering; and as major shareholder in Alibaba Group’s US$168 billion IPO;
• Hulic Reit, Inc. on its ¥70.2 billion global IPO and ¥18.4 billion follow-on global equity offering;
• selling shareholder in a ¥155 billion global IPO of Seibu Holdings, Inc.;
• selling shareholder in a ¥81.6 billion global IPO of Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.;
• Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company on its US$2 billion overseas hybrid debt offering;
• the underwriters, as sole U.S. counsel, on the last 12 SEC-registered bond offerings of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (guaranteed by the Japanese government) since 2013;
• the underwriters on the US$500 million SEC-registered bond offerings of Japan International Cooperation Agency (guaranteed by the Japanese government) in 2016 and 2017;
• Invincible Investment Corporation on four global equity offerings in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017;
• Mori Hills REIT Corporation on two global equity offerings in 2014 and 2016;
• NIPPON REIT Investment Corporation on its ¥24.8 billion global equity offering;
• Japan Rental Housing Investments Inc. on its ¥40.6 billion global equity offering;
• Japan Airlines on its US$8.5 billion global IPO;
• Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. on its US$1.08 billion IPO;
• the underwriters on a US$2.25 billion global IPO of Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.; and
• INPEX Corporation on a US$6 billion global equity offering.

Mr. Taneda’s representative M&A (including his prior experience) matters included advising:

• FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation on its acquisition of Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. by a U.S. public tender offer;
• GungHo Online Entertainment Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of a majority stake in Supercell;
• M3, Inc. in U.S. law aspects of its acquisition of Mediscience Plannings, Inc.;
• SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., as financial advisor to Panasonic Information Systems Co., Ltd., in its acquisition of outstanding minority investments by Panasonic Corporation;
• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on its acquisition of the outstanding minority interests of UnionBanCal Corporation through a “going private” U.S. public tender offer;
• Suzuki Metal Industry Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of Haldex AB;
• Nippon Steel Corporation on various joint venture matters in the U.S. and Brazil;
• Panasonic Corporation on its acquisition of the outstanding minority interests in its subsidiaries SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. and Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.; and
• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on certain aspects of its Japanese securities business joint ventures with Morgan Stanley.

Mr. Taneda was a partner at the Tokyo office of a large international law firm prior to joining Skadden. He was chosen as the exclusive winner of the Client Choice Awards for Capital Markets in Japan in 2015 and 2016. He also was recognized by Chambers Asia Pacific, Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Who’s Who Legal as a leading lawyer for capital markets in Japan.