Clara Shirota
Biography
Overview
Clara Shirota is a Partner in White & Case's Asia Debt Finance and Restructuring practice based in Tokyo.
Clara has extensive experience advising private equity funds and other strategic investors on a wide range of complex financings, with a focus on leveraged acquisition and take-private finance, refinancings, dividend recapitalizations and restructurings, debt buy-backs and bank/bond transactions.
Prior to joining White & Case, Clara worked at a leading global law firm based in Hong Kong and Tokyo. She is admitted in New York, Hong Kong and England and Wales and is a Registered Foreign Attorney in Japan.
Clara is a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association.
Experience
CVC Capital Partners in connection with the financing for its US$1.5 billion acquisition of the personal care business of Shiseido from Shiseido Company, Limited
Starwood Capital Group on its tender offer for Invesco Office J-REIT, Inc., a listed J-REIT in Japan, for ¥22,500 per investment unit (total equity value of approximately ¥198 billion, publicly reported debt of ¥126 billion, for an enterprise value of approximately ¥325 billion)
CVC on the acquisition financings for Munchy Foods, Riraku, Nirvana Asia (Hong Kong take-private), EIC Group, Executive Centre, SPi Global, HKBN, South Beauty, KFC/Pizza Hut and Matahari*
Permira on acquisition financings for Arysta LifeSciences, Akindo Sushiro and John Master Organics and on the senior/mezzanine refinancing and restructuring for Asia Broadcast Satellite*
EQT on the financing for China F&B Group (franchise operator of Dairy Queen and Papa John’s Pizza) and the refinancing of facilities to PSM Investments Limited and subsequent trade sale exit*
Unitas Capital on the refinancing of Hyva's high yield bond and super senior revolving credit facility and subsequent self-arranged amendment and extension of its senior facilities*
*Experience prior to joining White & Case
Next Generation Lawyers
Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018
Associates to Watch
Banking and Finance Japan – Chambers Asia Pacific 2017
Next Generation Lawyers
Banking and Finance: International firms and joint ventures Japan – Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017
Associates to Watch
Banking and Finance: International Asset Finance – Chambers Asia-Pacific 2016
