LAWFUEL – Law & business news – On July 28, our client, Japan Airlines Corporation, completed a global offering, including a Rule 144A offering in the United States and a Regulation S offering in Europe and Asia, of 700 million shares of common stock, with Goldman Sachs International and Mizuho Securities acting as joint global coordinators. Together with the additional 50 million shares of common stock subsequently issued upon the exercise of the over-allotment option, the offering size totaled approximately ¥158.3 billion (U.S.$1.35 billion).
Japan Airlines is the world’s fifth largest airline, and the largest in the Asia-Pacific region. The Paul, Weiss team included partners Mark Bergman, Kaye Yoshino and Tong Yu; associates Miki Kondo, Makoto Nishigai, Jennifer Raisor and John Hyung-Seok Yoon; and summer associates Marianne Chow, Akiko Okuma and Karina Yamada.
