Mergers & Acquisitions

• Comcast’s acquisitions of various companies, including Sky plc, DreamWorks Animation, Buzzfeed, iControl, FreeWheel Media and SportsEngine
• Morgan Stanley’s $7 billion acquisition of Eaton Vance, $13 billion acquisition of E*Trade and $900 million acquisition of Solium Capital
• Mobile Mini’s $6.6 billion merger of equals with WillScot
• Clarivate’s $6.8 billion combination with CPA Global and $5.3 billion acquisition of ProQuest
• Shire’s £46 billion acquisition by Takeda and Takeda’s $5.3 billion sale of Xiidra to Novartis
• IHS Markit’s pending $44 billion acquisition by S&P Global, $1.855 billion acquisition of Ipreo and $470 million sale of Jane’s Information Group
• The Williams Companies’ $1.125 billion combined sale of its Four Corners Area business
• Masco’s $1 billion sale of Masco Cabinetry and $725 million sale of Milgard Manufacturing
• SLM Corporation (Sallie Mae) in connection with its spin-off of Navient
• Citigroup’s sale of its subsidiary OneMain Financial to Springleaf and sale of its CVCI funds business
• Bertelsmann’s pending $2.175 billion acquisition of Simon & Schuster and its combination with Pearson of their trade book publishing companies, Random House and Penguin Group,and its subsequent acquisition of the entire joint venture
• Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company’s acquisition of Jackson Square Aviation, Engine Lease Finance, Beacon Intermodal Leasing and ENGS Holdings Inc.

Capital Markets

• IPOs: ADC Therapeutics, BRP Group, Freeline Therapeutics, Goosehead Insurance, Pactiv Evergreen, Privia Health, REV Group, Reynolds Consumer Products
• FMC’s IPO of its lithium business (Livent) and its subsequent spin-off of Livent
• Fogo de Chão’s IPO and subsequent $560 million acquisition by Rhône Capital

Other Matters

• Davis Polk comment letters to the SEC on various issues, including the pay ratio rule and Rule 701/Form S-8
• Advised SIFMA on its comment letter regarding Dodd-Frank Act Section 956 (regarding incentive compensation) and its submission to Treasury
• Other clients that Kyoko has advised on compensation and benefits issues include AIG, Big Lots, Charles River Laboratories, ExxonMobil, Fifth Third, Gilead Sciences, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Pattern Energy, StoneX and Ventas.