Bradley Edmister

Nomura Securities as financial advisor to Nippon Oil on its approximately US$8bn integration with Nippon Mining that won Asian Counsel's "Asian Deal of the Year 2010."*

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corporation and its asset manager, Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty (MCUBS), on the approx. US$11bn merger of Japan Retail Fund with MCUBS MidCity Investment Corporation.*

Asahi Kasei on the approximately US$1.3bn public acquisition of Veloxis Pharmaceuticals.*

Tadano, Ltd. on the carve-out acquisition of the German-based Demag Mobile Cranes business from NYSE-listed Terex Corporation for an enterprise value of approximately US$215m.*

Shionogi & Co. on its acquisition of Tetra Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company.*

H.I.S. Hotel Holdings on the acquisition of a hotel in Times Square, New York.*

Tadano, Ltd. on its acquisition of a 14.9% stake in NASDAQ-listed Manitex International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MNTX).*

Sumitomo Corporation on the formation of the U.S. Prime Office Fund II, an approx. US$425m closed-end private real estate fund, and the acquisition by the fund of the Atlanta Financial Center.*

Sumitomo Corporation on its over US$1.6bn 50-50 joint venture with Michelin North America Inc. to form the second-largest wholesale tire distribution business in the United States.*

Sumitomo Corporation on its approximately US$802m public acquisition of Fyffes plc.*

Nomura, Mizuho, Citi and Daiwa, the financial advisors to JX Holdings, on the announced integration of JX Holdings with TonenGeneral.*

Sumitomo Corporation on the announced acquisition of a 20% stake in Upsher-Smith Laboratories from Sawai Pharmaceutical.*

Kenedix Asia on the acquisition of 15% of the units of Malaysia-listed AmanahRaya REIT (AARET:MK) and 49% of the shares of AmanahRaya-REIT Managers Sdn. Bhd., the asset manager of AmanahRaya REIT.*

Owl Creek Asset Management on Comcast NBCUniversal’s acquisition of its 51% interest in Universal Studios Japan and Comcast’s subsequent acquisition of 49% interest in USJ, valuing USJ at US$7.4bn.*

TBC Corporation, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp, on its approximately US$310m acquisition of NYSE-listed Midas, Inc. through a tender offer.*

Asahi Kasei Medical in an approximately US$45.2m PIPE investment in NASDAQ-listed NxStage Medical, through a debt-equity swap, and collaboration arrangements.*

The underwriters, led by SMBC Nikko, Morgan Stanley, and Daiwa in an approximately US$161m equity offering of investment units of Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed Mitsubishi Estate Logistics REIT.*

The underwriters, led by Mizuho and Macquarie, on the global IPO of TYO-listed Canadian Solar Infrastructure Fund, Inc., the first global IPO of an infrastructure fund on the TYO’s new market.*

Kenedix Retail REIT Corporation on a ¥59.8bn global formation IPO and listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. SMBC Nikko, Nomura, and UBS were international joint lead managers and bookrunners.*

Mitsubishi Estate and its wholly owned finance subsidiary, MEC Finance USA, in respect of its US$4bn Medium Term Note Programme.*