White & Case advises Macquarie Asset Management-led consortium on the sale and leaseback of Rakuten Mobile’s Japanese mobile network assets

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised a consortium of global infrastructure investors led by Macquarie Asset Management on the establishment and investment in the sale and leaseback of a portion of Rakuten Mobile Inc.'s Japanese mobile network assets.

"The White & Case team advised the consortium on a transaction which underlines Macquarie's commitment to investing in transformative digital infrastructure," said White & Case partner Clara Shirota, who led the Firm's deal team. "The deal aligns with the evolving needs of the Japanese telecoms sector and reinforces the status of White & Case as the go-to firm for advising on complex transactions in the Asia-Pacific telecoms infrastructure space, as well as on inbound investments into Japan."

Rakuten Mobile, Inc. is a subsidiary of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Group. It will continue to manage and operate the mobile network assets, of which the sale and leaseback will support its continued growth and profitability.

The White & Case team which advised on this transaction was led by partner Clara Shirota (Tokyo) and included partners Tzi-Yang Seow (Hong Kong & Singapore), Eriko Sakata (Tokyo) and Jessica Zhou (Hong Kong), local partners Sayako Shiraki (Tokyo) and Nathaniel Crowley (Hong Kong), counsel Nadan Sehic (Singapore) and associates Joel Bowtell, Andrew Seow, Trishala Naidu (all Singapore) and Paul Qu (Hong Kong).

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