Robert Townsend to Join SoftBank Group as Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President
2018年8月14日 - 10:00AM
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SoftBank Group Corp. (“SoftBank”) today announced that Robert
Townsend, current co-chair of Morrison & Foerster's Global
M&A Practice Group, will join SoftBank as Chief Legal Officer
and Senior Vice President of SoftBank, and Chief Legal Officer of
SoftBank Group International, effective September 17, 2018.
Mr. Townsend will be based in SoftBank’s Silicon Valley office
and report to Masayoshi Son, Chairman & CEO of SoftBank, and
Marcelo Claure, Director, Executive Vice President COO of SoftBank
and CEO of SoftBank Group International. In this newly created
role, Mr. Townsend will be responsible for leading SoftBank’s
legal, compliance operations and corporate governance program on a
global basis.
“Rob has been a trusted partner and valued advisor for many
years,” said Mr. Son. “We are very pleased he has agreed to join
SoftBank as we transition the company into a leading global
investment firm focused on the technologies that will drive the
next phase of the information revolution.”
Mr. Claure added, “Rob’s extensive experience and proven track
record of advising global companies, as well as his deep
involvement in the SoftBank Group’s largest and most complex
transactions over many years, make him the perfect choice to serve
SoftBank and its global portfolio of companies.”
Over the course of his thirty-year career, Mr. Townsend has
established a track record of advising the world’s top companies
through their most complicated and demanding transactions. Since
joining Morrison & Foerster in 1984, he has represented clients
in hundreds of public and private company acquisitions, strategic
alliances, and financings, including numerous multi-billion dollar
transactions, across a wide range of industries. Mr. Townsend’s
clients have included some of the world’s leading technology, media
and telecom companies. Mr. Townsend regularly advises on complex
cross-border transactions, particularly those involving Japan,
where he practiced for six years and served as Managing Partner
from 1994 to 1996. In particular, Mr. Townsend has worked closely
with SoftBank over the last several years to complete numerous
transactions, including Sprint’s proposed merger with T-Mobile, as
well as SoftBank’s acquisitions of ARM Holdings and Sprint Nextel.
Mr. Townsend is widely recognized as one of the top global M&A
advisors by leading independent authorities. He is recommended as a
leading lawyer in Chambers USA, Chambers Global, Legal 500 US, Best
Lawyers in America, and IFLR1000.
About the SoftBank Group
The SoftBank Group is a global technology player that aspires to
drive the Information Revolution. The SoftBank Group is comprised
of the holding company SoftBank Group Corp. (TOKYO:9984) and its
global portfolio of companies, which includes advanced
telecommunications, internet services, AI, smart robotics, IoT and
clean energy technology providers. In September 2016, Arm Limited,
the world's leading semiconductor IP company, joined the SoftBank
Group. In May 2017, the SoftBank Vision Fund, which invests
globally in the businesses and technologies that will enable the
next stage of the Information Revolution, had its first major close
with over USD 93 billion in committed capital. To learn more,
please visit www.softbank.com.
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