Mizuki Hyuga
Mizuki Hyuga
Mizuki Hyuga
Mizuki Hyuga

Biography

Mizuki Hyuga is an associate in the Dispute Resolution practice group based in Tokyo. Mizuki has represented foreign-based companies in litigation cases in Japan.

Experience

In addition to her disputes resolution experience Mizuki has advised on a number of corporate transactions including advising:

Yamauchi-No.10 Family Office, the family office of the Yamauchi family which started and built up the global gaming giant Nintendo, in its acquisition of a majority stake in Taiyo Pacific Partners LP, which was founded in 2003 by Asia-focused professionals dedicated to friendly shareholder activism in Japan and India.

PayPal Holdings, Inc. on the acquisition by PayPal, Inc. of Paidy Inc., a leading two-sided payments platform and provider of buy now, pay later solutions in Japan, for ¥300 billion or approximately US$2.7 billion, principally in cash.

Starwood Capital Group in its proposed tender offer for Invesco Office J-REIT, Inc., a listed J-REIT in Japan, for 22,500 JPY per investment unit (total equity value of approximately 198 billion JPY, publicly reported debt of 126 billion JPY, for an enterprise value of approximately 325 billion JPY). This was the first-ever tender offer that aims to take private a listed REIT in Japan, as well as the first-ever hostile tender offer for a listed REIT in Japan.

BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd., financial advisor to Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (MMC), one of the largest cement manufacturers in Japan, on the newly-formed joint venture deal which involves contributions of the cement-related business made by MMC and Ube Industries, Ltd. in Japan.

Panasonic Corporation on its 20 percent strategic equity investment in Blue Yonder, a leading US end-to-end supply chain software provider with an estimated enterprise value of US$5.5 billion.

ValueAct Capital in its acquisition of a stake in JSR Corporation.

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Keio University
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