Biography: Capital Markets

A partner in the corporate department, Tong Yu focuses on representing Japanese and other Asian issuers in connection with global capital markets transactions and public mergers and acquisitions transactions with US components. Mr Yu is resident in the firm's Tokyo office and is a member of the capital markets and securities group.

In the capital markets and securities area, Mr Yu has represented both US and foreign issuers and underwriters in connection with initial public offerings, secondary offerings, debt offerings (investment grade and high-yield debt, and hybrid capital securities), exchange offers and multi-jurisdictional tender offers. He has been involved in transactions for issuers in the United States, Canada, Germany, Greece, China, Japan and Korea. In addition, Mr Yu advises companies listed in the United States on reporting obligations, corporate governance standards and other securities law and stock exchange issues.

In the mergers and acquisitions area, Mr Yu has done work for both public and private companies, and advised on strategic joint ventures and various other forms of equity transactions. He has also provided US securities law advice on business combinations among non-US companies, including both SEC-registered and non-registered business combination transactions.

Mr Yu is fluent in both written and spoken Korean, and is registered as a gaikokuho jimu bengoshi in Japan.