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Rena Katsuyama

Associate

Email

rena.katsuyama@aoshearman.com

Phone

+1 212 848 5324

+81 3 5251 0229

Offices

New York

Tokyo

V-CARD
Rena’s practice areas include mergers and acquisitions and capital markets.
She worked as an associate in the Tokyo office from 2016 to 2019 and as an associate in Mergers & Acquisitions practice in the New York office since 2019. Prior to joining A&O Shearman, she engaged in M&A advisory services at an US investment bank.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Carbon Engineering in its sale to Occidental Petroleum Corporation for $1.1 billion.
  • Carbon Engineering in its strategic partnership and licensing arrangement with Oxy Low Carbon Ventures and 1PointFive.
  • PSA International Pte Ltd in its acquisition of BDP International, Inc. from Greenbriar Equity Group.
  • Osaka Gas USA Corporation on its entry into a joint venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. to develop and operate the Brighter Future Solar Farm project, a solar electric generating facility.
  • CVS Health Corp. in the acquisition of US Bioservices Corporation from AmerisourceBergen Corporation.
  • Goldman Sachs Bank, on behalf of Marcus, its consumer digital finance business unit, in the purchase of the General Motors co-branded credit card portfolio from Capital One.
  • Brooklyn Prospect Charter School in its merger with The International Charter School of New York.
  • Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. in its $11 billion acquisition of all equity interest of Ellie Mae Intermediate Holdings I, Inc., a parent holding company of Ellie Mae, Inc., from Ellie Mae Parent, LP sponsored by Thoma Bravo L.P.
  • Bunge North America, Inc. in its sale of U.S. grain origination elevators to Zen-Noh Grain Corporation, a subsidiary of the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations of Japan.
  • Osaka Gas Three Rivers, LLC in its acquisition of a 15% equity interest in CPV Three Rivers, LLC, an indirect owner, operator and developer of a combined-cycle gas-fired power generation facility in Illinois, U.S.
  • Ardagh Group S.A. in connection with the combination of its Food & Specialty Metal Packaging business with Element Holdings II L.P., an entity controlled by The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, to form Trivium Packaging.
  • Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and its affiliates in their sale of Verbatim business to CMC Magnetics Corporation, a Taiwanese publicly listed company.
  • Kuroda Electric Co., Ltd. in its acquisition of Hard Disk Drive Filtration Technology business from W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
  • Shiseido Company, Ltd. in its $485 million sale of Zotos International, Inc. to Henkel Corporation.
  • Sompo Holdings, Inc. in its $6.3 billion acquisition of NYSE listed Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.
  • Toyota Motor Corporation regarding a registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form F-4 in connection with the triangular share exchange to make Misawa Homes Co., Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary.
  • Toyota Motor Corporation in connection with the offering of the USD-denominated senior notes involving a registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form F-3.
  • Multiple selling shareholders in a $2.7 billion Rule 144A/Reg S global offering of common stock of Renesas Electronics Corporation.
  • Multiple selling shareholders in a $3.1 billion Rule 144A/Reg S global offering of common stock of Renesas Electronics Corporation.
  • Coca-Cola West Company, Limited and Coca-Cola East Japan Co., Ltd. in their $6 billion business integration involving a registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form F-4 in connection with its share exchange.
  • Minebea Co., Ltd., a Japanese producer of machinery components and electronics devices, and Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., a Japanese manufacturer of electronic components for data communication devices, automobiles and consumer electronics, in connection with their $4.1 billion business integration involving a registration on Form F-4 with the SEC.
  • Toyota Motor Corporation involving a registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form F-4 in connection with its share exchange with Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. to make Daihatsu a wholly-owned subsidiary.
  • Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation as the tender offeror in the tender offer for shares of the common stock of NTT Urban Development Corporation.
  • Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc. in the tender offer for the repurchase of its own shares.
  • Japan Digital Laboratory Co., Ltd. as target in the tender offer by JDL Technical Inc. for the common stock of Japan Digital Laboratory Co., Ltd.
  • Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as financial advisor to Echo Global Logistics, Inc. in the $1.3 billion merger by and among Echo Global Logistics, Inc., Einstein MidCo, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Jordan Company, L.P., and Einstein Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Einstein MidCo, LLC.
  • Pareto Securities AS as financial advisor to the conflicts committee of the board of directors of Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation in the $55 million merger by and among Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, Navios Maritime Partners L.P. and Navios Acquisition Merger Sub. Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Navios Maritime Partners L.P.
  • BofA Securities, Inc. as financial advisor to BorgWarner Inc. in its $754 million proposed acquisition of AKASOL AG through a voluntary public takeover offer.
  • Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as financial advisor to Xilinx, Inc. in the $35 billion merger by and among Xilinx, Inc., Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. and Thrones Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  • Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited as financial advisor to Reliance Retail Ventures Limited and Reliance Retail and Fashion Lifestyle Limited in the $3.3 billion acquisition of the retail and wholesale business and the logistics and warehousing business of the Future Group.
  • Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited as financial advisor to Network18 Media & Investments Limited in the merger of the media and distribution businesses of Reliance Industries Limited spread across multiple entities into Network18 Media & Investments Limited.
  • Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. as financial advisor to Resona Holdings, Inc. in the business integration of Minato Bank Ltd., Kansai Urban Banking Corporation and Kinki Osaka Bank, Ltd.
  • Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. as financial advisor to Renesas Electronics Corp. in its acquisition of Intersil Corporation.
  • Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. as financial advisor to Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation in its sale of a majority stake in MCC PTA India Corp Pvt Ltd and Ningbo Mitsubishi Chemical Co., Ltd.

Qualifications

Admissions

New York, 2016

Academic

LL.M., Columbia Law School, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 2015

LL.M., Antitrust Law and Business Law, Keio Graduate School of Law, 2016

LL.B., Keio University, 2010

Languages

Japanese
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.