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.