Tokyo, October 16, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker (Paul Hastings), a leading international law firm, has advised Japan’s SOFTBANK CORP. on the successful sale of 500 million euro (approx. $625 million) of high-yield senior notes.
SOFTBANK, a major Japanese telecommunications and Internet service provider, sold the bonds with a 7-year maturity to international investors as part of a debt refinancing program.
A team of seven attorneys from Paul Hastings’ Tokyo, Hong Kong and San Francisco offices represented SOFTBANK in this landmark transaction. Nori Hashimoto, a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Group in Tokyo, and Andrew Hutton, of counsel in the Finance and Capital Markets Group in Hong Kong, led the Paul Hastings team along with Tomohiro Kitada, Daniel Dashiell and R. Troy Van Orman. The team worked closely with both SOFTBANK and sole arranger Deutsche Bank AG on this successful offering.
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