Reiko Hayashi, head of Japan global capital markets for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is on our list for her work on market-defining transactions in Japan’s debt markets.
Hayashi was heavily involved in bringing to market debt financing for the $16 billion Suntory acquisition of US distiller Beam. The acquisition was the third-largest cross-border purchase by a Japanese company and symbolic of Japan Inc. expanding overseas in search of growth.
Hayashi also worked on Development Bank of Japan’s landmark 250 million green bond, the first by a Japanese firm, and is promoting this socially responsible asset class to other Japanese corporates.
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