Bradley K. Edmister
In addition to advising on inbound investments in the United States by Japanese and other global clients, Bradley has worked on high-profile deals across Asia, including in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand, as well as throughout Australia, Europe, and Latin America. He also advises clients on the cross-border securities aspects of public M&A transactions and advises investment banks with respect to fairness opinions. As a trusted advisor to major global companies, Bradley additionally coordinates general U.S. advice, including on disputes, trade sanctions, and regulatory matters.
In capital markets, he has advised on numerous global equity and debt offerings involving well-known Japanese companies and financial institutions. He is one of the preeminent advisors to J-REITs and listed Japanese infrastructure funds, regularly advising issuers and underwriters in global offerings for such entities.
Bradley has taught U.S. law at Keio University Law School in Tokyo for over a decade.
Related Practices
Experience
Representative Matters
- Represented the underwriters, led by SMBC Nikko, Morgan Stanley, and Daiwa an approximately US$161m equity offering of investment units of Tokyo Stock Exchange listed Mitsubishi Estate Logistics REIT
- Represented Sumitomo Corporation in its over $1.6 billion 50-50 joint venture to form the second-largest wholesale tire distribution business in the United States
- Advised Nomura Securities as financial advisor to Nippon Oil on its approximately $8 billion integration with Nippon Mining, which won Asian Counsel's "Asian Deal of the Year 2010"
- Represented Asahi Kasei in the approximately $1.3 billion public acquisition of Veloxis Pharmaceuticals
- Advised 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 $215 million
- Represented H.I.S. Hotel Holdings in the acquisition of a hotel in Times Square, New York
- Advised Tadano, Ltd. on its acquisition of a 14.9% stake in NASDAQ-listed Manitex International, Inc.
- Advised Sumitomo Corporation on the formation of the U.S. Prime Office Fund II, an approximately $425 million closed-end private real estate fund, and the acquisition by the fund of the Atlanta Financial Center
- Advised Sumitomo Corporation on its approximately $802 million public acquisition of Fyffes
- Represented Sumitomo Corporation on the acquisition of a 20% stake in Upsher-Smith Laboratories from Sawai Pharmaceutical
- Advised Asahi Kasei Medical on an approximately $45.2 million PIPE investment in NASDAQ-listed NxStage Medical, through a debt-equity swap, and collaboration arrangements
- Advised Mitsubishi Estate and its wholly owned finance subsidiary MEC Finance USA with respect to its $4 billion Medium Term Note Program
- Represented Kenedix Asia on the acquisition of 15% of the units of Malaysia-listed Amanah Raya REIT and 49% of the shares of Amanah Raya-REIT Managers Sdn. Bhd., the asset manager of Amanah Raya REIT
- Represented Kenedix Retail REIT Corporation in a ¥59.8 billion global formation IPO and listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Advised Japan Retail Fund Investment Corporation and its asset manager, Mitsubishi Corporation UBS Realty (MCUBS), on the approximate U.S.$11 billion merger of Japan Retail Fund with MCUBS MidCity Investment Corporation
- Represented Shionogi & Co. in its acquisition of Tetra Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company
- Represented TBC Corporation, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, in its approximately U.S.$310 million acquisition of NYSE-listed Midas, Inc. through a tender offer
- Advised 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
- Represented SMBC Nikko, Nomura, and UBS were international joint lead managers and bookrunners
Insights
Credentials
Education
- J.D. Harvard Law School 1999
- B.A. Harvard College 1996
Bar Admissions
- New York
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Director, Board of the Japan Society, New York
- Director, Board of the Japan-America Society, Greater Philadelphia
- Lecturer, Keio University Law School
Recognition
- Chambers Global
- Capital Markets, Japan, Global, 2023
- Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Foreign Expert for Japan), USA, 2016 – 2025
- Capital Markets (Expertise Based Abroad), Japan, 2012 – 2025
- Chambers Asia-Pacific, 2010 – 2011
- FLR1000
- Notable Practitioner, Financial and Corporate, 2019 – 2022
- Notable Practitioner, United States, 2018, 2020
- The Legal 500, Recommended, Mergers and Acquisitions, U.S., 2014