Kazumasa (Kaz) Watanabe
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Kazumasa Watanabe

Associate

Kaz represents financial institutions and public companies in connection with a variety of equity and debt offerings, including IPOs, follow-on offerings and investment-grade bond offerings.
He also has experience advising public companies on securities law compliance and corporate governance matters.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • Mineralys Therapeutics USD175 million and USD287.5 million follow-on offerings
  • Kestra Medical USD158.7 million follow-on offering
  • Allbirds USD22.5 million at-the-market offering
  • Bell Canada USD2.25 billion hybrid notes offering
  • TELUS Corporation USD1.5 billion hybrid notes offering

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-law, State of New York, US, 2023

Academic

JD, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, 2022

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.