Tomoko Tatara, MBA, MA
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Background
Tomoko Tatara is a Managing Director of TransKoto, Inc. She conducts economic and financial analyses of damages issues in complex commercial disputes, such as litigation involving patent, trademark and copyright infringement, unfair competition and breach of contract. She also addresses financial and other business terms in patent licensing negotiations between large companies.
Many of these commercial disputes involve global corporations with international supply chains across multiple geographic markets. Her economic analysis in these matters benefits from 17 years of experience in international finance, during which she performed due diligence on investment opportunities and originated and restructured complex deals in Asia, Latin America, former Soviet Republics, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Her licensing experience includes negotiations involving standard essential patents in telecommunications and cross licenses for semiconductors. Litigation matters she has worked on have involved mobile phones and tablets, banking services, medical devices, internet services, electronic components, mining equipment, internet software, consumer products and government contracts.
She also works on contractual disputes involving public institutions, such as the Department of Defense and NASA.
Prior to TransKoto, Inc., Ms. Tatara was a Senior Advisor at the Dispute Advisory & Forensic Services Group at Stout Risius Ross. Previously, she was the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at CAM NewMarkets Partners LLC, a fund of funds for emerging private equity markets worldwide. Ms. Tatara was also a Senior Investment Officer at the IFC, an Economist and Investment Policy Officer at the World Bank and a Vice President at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. Currently, she is also a Career Coach for MBA students at Columbia Business School. Ms. Tatara is fluent in Spanish and Japanese.
Representative Dispute Experience
Representative Origination and Restructuring Transactions
Bank Due Diligence in Peru - Corporate Debt and Syndicated Commercial Papers
Manufacturing Company Debt Renegotiation in Mexico - Corporate Debt Restructuring
Line of Credit to a European Bank in Argentina -- Corporate Debt
Private Hospitals in Mexico - Corporate Debt
International and Local Banks in Argentina - Corporate Debt
International and Local Banks in Mexico - Corporate Debt
Oil and Mining Companies in Brazil - Structured Debt
Wood Processing Company in Ecuador - Corporate Debt, Quasi-Equity and Co-Financing
Salt Processing Company Restructuring in Kazakhstan - Corporate Debt and Co-Financing
Real Estate and Hotel Development in Lebanon - Private Equity and Debt
Consumer Goods Distribution Network in Pakistan - Mezzanine Instrument and Corporate Debt
Motorcycle Parts Project in Pakistan - Debt and Foreign Exchange Facility
Environmental Consultancy in UK and Pakistan - Private Equity
As Investment Policy Advisor of Foreign Investment Advisory Service (The World Bank Group) on Business Environment in Emerging Markets
Performed analysis and policy recommendation on business environment, including economic, legal and business processes in client countries.
Conducted research and extensive field interviews with financial and strategic investors, high-level government officials and business professionals, both in target countries and in wider economic areas where investors are located.
Selected and led a team of experts (e.g., sector and business economists, finance professionals, taxation experts and corporate lawyers) and made practical recommendations to the relevant public or quasi-public institutions.
Developed long-term relationships with high-level government officials so as to provide on-going advice on laws, regulations and procedures affecting foreign investments in client countries.
Many of the recommendations led to actual policy and legal changes in Latvia, Paraguay, Ukraine, Slovakia, Chile, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic. In-country research was conducted also in Argentina, Brazil, Turkey, Japan and Western European countries.
Representative Fund Transactions
Restructuring of a privatization fund in South America. Renegotiations with its European private equity fund manager on key-man, fee and carry structure, fund expenses and corporate governance. The original equity investment was $12M for a $150M fund.
Liquidation of a regional fund in southern Africa involving legal entities in Mauritius and Zimbabwe. Issues related to on-shore and off-shore structures, corporate governance, and foreign vs. local investors. The original equity investment was $7M for a $60M fund.
Due diligence of an Eastern European asset management company. Structuring of a new regional private equity fund for the ex-Yugoslav markets. Helping them improve the fund’s structure and terms and conditions for marketing globally. Equity investment of $15M in a private equity fund of $150-$180 million target.
The first comprehensive portfolio workout program at IFC’s Funds department. Restructuring and sale of equity investments in private equity funds, related debt facilities and unit trusts, completed over three years. Typical size of original investment commitment: $5-$35M. Total size of the troubled equity portfolio at cost: $300M, representing about 25% of 120 LP positions under management.
Creation of an asset allocation strategy for the emerging private equity markets (i.e., high potential regions and countries outside North America and Western Europe—India, Korea, Greater China, Japan, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, CIS, South Africa and Israel) for a stand-alone fund. The target size of the proposed fund of funds: $500M; the average size of target investment funds: $100-$800M.
Tomoko Tatara is a Managing Director of TransKoto, Inc. She conducts economic and financial analyses of damages issues in complex commercial disputes, such as litigation involving patent, trademark and copyright infringement, unfair competition and breach of contract. She also addresses financial and other business terms in patent licensing negotiations between large companies.
Many of these commercial disputes involve global corporations with international supply chains across multiple geographic markets. Her economic analysis in these matters benefits from 17 years of experience in international finance, during which she performed due diligence on investment opportunities and originated and restructured complex deals in Asia, Latin America, former Soviet Republics, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Her licensing experience includes negotiations involving standard essential patents in telecommunications and cross licenses for semiconductors. Litigation matters she has worked on have involved mobile phones and tablets, banking services, medical devices, internet services, electronic components, mining equipment, internet software, consumer products and government contracts.
She also works on contractual disputes involving public institutions, such as the Department of Defense and NASA.
Prior to TransKoto, Inc., Ms. Tatara was a Senior Advisor at the Dispute Advisory & Forensic Services Group at Stout Risius Ross. Previously, she was the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at CAM NewMarkets Partners LLC, a fund of funds for emerging private equity markets worldwide. Ms. Tatara was also a Senior Investment Officer at the IFC, an Economist and Investment Policy Officer at the World Bank and a Vice President at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. Currently, she is also a Career Coach for MBA students at Columbia Business School. Ms. Tatara is fluent in Spanish and Japanese.
Representative Dispute Experience
- Medical spa
- Food Ingredients
- Food distribution
- Mobile phones and components
- Tablet accessories
- Internet advertising and commerce
- Cosmetics
- Apparel and shoes
- Semiconductors
- ATMs and mobile banking
- Medical devices and orthotic equipment
- Internet and computer software
- Mining equipment and construction services
Representative Origination and Restructuring Transactions
Bank Due Diligence in Peru - Corporate Debt and Syndicated Commercial Papers
Manufacturing Company Debt Renegotiation in Mexico - Corporate Debt Restructuring
Line of Credit to a European Bank in Argentina -- Corporate Debt
Private Hospitals in Mexico - Corporate Debt
International and Local Banks in Argentina - Corporate Debt
International and Local Banks in Mexico - Corporate Debt
Oil and Mining Companies in Brazil - Structured Debt
Wood Processing Company in Ecuador - Corporate Debt, Quasi-Equity and Co-Financing
Salt Processing Company Restructuring in Kazakhstan - Corporate Debt and Co-Financing
Real Estate and Hotel Development in Lebanon - Private Equity and Debt
Consumer Goods Distribution Network in Pakistan - Mezzanine Instrument and Corporate Debt
Motorcycle Parts Project in Pakistan - Debt and Foreign Exchange Facility
Environmental Consultancy in UK and Pakistan - Private Equity
As Investment Policy Advisor of Foreign Investment Advisory Service (The World Bank Group) on Business Environment in Emerging Markets
Performed analysis and policy recommendation on business environment, including economic, legal and business processes in client countries.
Conducted research and extensive field interviews with financial and strategic investors, high-level government officials and business professionals, both in target countries and in wider economic areas where investors are located.
Selected and led a team of experts (e.g., sector and business economists, finance professionals, taxation experts and corporate lawyers) and made practical recommendations to the relevant public or quasi-public institutions.
Developed long-term relationships with high-level government officials so as to provide on-going advice on laws, regulations and procedures affecting foreign investments in client countries.
Many of the recommendations led to actual policy and legal changes in Latvia, Paraguay, Ukraine, Slovakia, Chile, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic. In-country research was conducted also in Argentina, Brazil, Turkey, Japan and Western European countries.
Representative Fund Transactions
Restructuring of a privatization fund in South America. Renegotiations with its European private equity fund manager on key-man, fee and carry structure, fund expenses and corporate governance. The original equity investment was $12M for a $150M fund.
Liquidation of a regional fund in southern Africa involving legal entities in Mauritius and Zimbabwe. Issues related to on-shore and off-shore structures, corporate governance, and foreign vs. local investors. The original equity investment was $7M for a $60M fund.
Due diligence of an Eastern European asset management company. Structuring of a new regional private equity fund for the ex-Yugoslav markets. Helping them improve the fund’s structure and terms and conditions for marketing globally. Equity investment of $15M in a private equity fund of $150-$180 million target.
The first comprehensive portfolio workout program at IFC’s Funds department. Restructuring and sale of equity investments in private equity funds, related debt facilities and unit trusts, completed over three years. Typical size of original investment commitment: $5-$35M. Total size of the troubled equity portfolio at cost: $300M, representing about 25% of 120 LP positions under management.
Creation of an asset allocation strategy for the emerging private equity markets (i.e., high potential regions and countries outside North America and Western Europe—India, Korea, Greater China, Japan, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, CIS, South Africa and Israel) for a stand-alone fund. The target size of the proposed fund of funds: $500M; the average size of target investment funds: $100-$800M.