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James A. Tanaka is an associate in the Latin American practice group. His practice focuses on capital markets, securities law and corporate governance (including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance) and financing transactions in Latin America. Mr. Tanaka has also represented financial institutions and lenders in Latin American cross-border transactions, including debt restructurings, structured financings and securitizations. He has also represented acquirers and sellers in several cross-border merger and acquisition transactions.

Some of the transactions in which Mr. Tanaka has participated include:

• represented Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP), the largest commercial bank in Peru, in an offering pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S of S/.483 million (equivalent to US$160 million) Subordinated Notes due 2022 by its Panamanian branch, with Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated as initial purchaser and Credibolsa Sociedad Agente de Bolsa, a subsidiary of BCP, as Peruvian placement agent;
  
  
• represented Cia. Hering, one of Brazil’s largest retail apparel designers and manufacturers, in a US$170 million equity offering. The primary and secondary offering of shares took place in Brazil, with investors located in Brazil, the United States and Europe;
  
  
• represented the majority shareholders of Euromayor, S.A. de Inversiones, a listed Argentine real estate development company, in the sale of a minority interest to an affiliate of J.E. Robert Companies, a large independent real estate investment company in the United States.
  
  
• represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as initial purchaser of US$120 million high-yield bond offering pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S offered by the Panamanian branch of Banco de Crédito del Perú, the largest commercial bank in Peru;
  
  
• represented WestLB AG, New York Branch and Banco de Crédito e Inversiones, as lead arrangers in a US$82 million export receivables securitization program for David del Curto S.A., the largest exporter of fruit products in Chile;
  
  
• represented Rádio e Televisão Bandeirantes Ltda. (TV Band), one of the leading television networks in Brazil, in a series of exchange offers for its US$100 million senior notes;
  
  
• represented Grupo Iusacell Celular S.A. de C.V., a Mexican wireless telecommunications services provider, and its parent company, Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V., in exchange offers and consent solicitations authorizing a restructuring of US$415 million and US$350 million, respectively, of their existing debt pursuant to Mexican concurso mercantil proceedings;
  
  
• represented a Brazilian bidder in the auction for the sale by BHP Billiton Ltd. of a US$750 million copper mine in Tintaya, Peru;
  
  
• represented WestLB AG, New York Branch, as arranger and administrative agent, in a ¥7.0 billion secured loan to Pulte México, a prominent homebuilder;
  
  
• representing Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited, as sole manager and structuring advisor, in the Tier 1/hybrid Eurobond offering of €75,000,000 Fixed/Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Guaranteed Preferred Securities for Caixa Terrassa Societat de Participacions Preferents, S.A. Unipersonal, guaranteed by Caixa d’Estalvis de Terrassa, a Spanish savings bank, in its first international debt offering;
  
  
• representing Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited, as joint lead arranger and structuring manager, in the Tier 1/hybrid Eurobond offering of €250,000,000 Fixed/Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Guaranteed Preferred Securities for Pastor Participaciones Preferentes, S.A. Unipersonal, guaranteed by Banco Pastor, S.A., a bank offering retail and wholesale banking services in Spain;
  
  
• representing Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited, as joint book-running lead manager, in the high-yield offering of €335,000,000 8¼% Senior Notes due 2015 for Codere Finance (Luxembourg) S.A., guaranteed on a senior basis by its parent Codere, S.A., a Spanish gaming company with facilities in Spain, Italy and various Latin American countries, and guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by certain subsidiaries of Codere, S.A.;
  
  
• represented Tevecap S.A., one of the leading pay television providers in Brazil, in registered exchange offers, tender offers and SEC filings related to its US$250 million senior notes;
  
  
• represented WestLB AG, New York Branch, as arranger in a $30 million export receivables securitization program for Minera Autlan S.A. de C.V., guaranteed by Grupo Ferrominero, one of the leading exporters of ferrous manganese in Mexico;
  
  
• represented ABN AMRO Bank N.V., as arranger and lead manager, in a series of refinancings of its US$1.4 billion note purchase facility for TNL PCS S.A., a subsidiary of Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A. (Telemar), one of the leading telecommunications groups in Brazil;
  
  
• represented BBVA S.A., London Branch, in a US$30 million bridge financing facility in connection with the Telemar facility;
  
  
• represented BellSouth International, Inc. in connection with the restructuring of its ownership interest in BCP S.A., a Brazilian telecommunications company;
  
  
• represented Maxima Technologies & Systems, Inc., a global manufacturing company, in the acquisition of High Voltage Engineering Corporation and TTS Mexican Holding Company, Inc. and the related debt and equity financing for property and assets in the United States, Spain and Mexico; and
  
  
• represented Nestlé S.A. in its bid for the business and assets of a global confectionary business, including interests in the United States, Europe, East Asia and all Latin America.

Prior to joining Proskauer Rose, Mr. Tanaka was an associate in Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP’s Latin American practice group and worked in the Transaction Management Group for Global Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited in London.

Mr. Tanaka received his law degree in 2002 from the Northwestern University School of Law with a specialization in International Law. He also received a masters degree in International Relations from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree in history and political science from Columbia University. Mr. Tanaka is fluent in Spanish and is studying Portuguese.