Mergers and Acquisitions

We provide comprehensive legal services across the full spectrum of M&A transactions. Our work covers structuring and strategy, due diligence, negotiation and drafting of definitive agreements, and regulatory filings in Japan. We advise clients throughout each stage of the deal process with a focus on practical, business-oriented solutions.


Representative Domestic Matters

  • Acted as counsel for an e-learning business in the acquisition of a caregiving business through an absorption-type division.
  • Served as counsel for a major trading house (sogo shosya) in the acquisition of a healthcare business.
  • Acted as counsel for a private equity fund in the acquisition of shares in a specialty trading company through a leveraged buyout (LBO).
  • Served as counsel for a major trading house (sogo shosya) in a capital and business alliance involving multiple companies in the auto leasing industry.
  • Served as counsel in a merger involving a port logistics business and its competitor .
  • Acted as counsel for an electric power company in a power plant alliance project with a major trading house.
  • Exit (share sale) of an IT startup company by its founders.
  • Legal counsel to GROWTH VERSE Inc. in multiple transactions, including a third-party allotment financing, the acquisition of shares in Denwa Broadcasting Co. , and business acquisitions from WED Inc. and ipoca Inc.

Representative Cross-Border Matters

  • Acquisition of a semiconductor-related manufacturer by a private equity fund.
  • Acquisition of a wholesaler by a private equity fund.
  • Acquisition of a Singapore-based IT company and its subsidiaries in Vietnam and Indonesia by a domestic IT company.
  • Business transfer of a domestic auto-parts manufacturer to another manufacturer in the U.S.
  • Share sale of a Japanese insurance company group’s subsidiary in Guam.

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