{"id":506,"date":"2025-02-21T16:34:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T07:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mps.efata.net\/en\/?post_type=practices&#038;p=249"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T05:10:13","slug":"mergers-and-acquisitions","status":"publish","type":"practices","link":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/practices\/506","title":{"rendered":"Mergers and Acquisitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group home-practices__item home-practices__item--international is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-2\">\n<p>We provide comprehensive legal services across the full spectrum of M&amp;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Representative Domestic Matters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Acted as counsel for an e-learning business in the acquisition of a caregiving business through an absorption-type division. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Served as counsel for a major trading house (<em>sogo shosya<\/em>) in the acquisition of a healthcare business. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acted as counsel for a private equity fund in the acquisition of shares in a specialty trading company through a leveraged buyout (LBO). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Served as counsel for a major trading house (<em>sogo shosya<\/em>) in a capital and business alliance involving multiple companies in the auto leasing industry. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Served as counsel in a merger involving a port logistics business and its competitor . <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acted as counsel for an electric power company in a power plant alliance project with a major trading house. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exit (share sale) of an IT startup company by its founders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legal counsel to an AI-related startup in multiple transactions, including a third-party allotment financing, the acquisition of shares and business acquisitions from SaaS-related companies <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Representative Cross-Border Matters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Acquisition of a semiconductor-related manufacturer by a private equity fund.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acquisition of a wholesaler by a private equity fund.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acquisition of a Singapore-based IT company and its subsidiaries in Vietnam and Indonesia by a domestic IT company.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Business transfer of a domestic auto-parts manufacturer to another manufacturer in the U.S.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share sale of a Japanese insurance company group&#8217;s subsidiary in Guam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Publication<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/column\/20230921\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Acquiring Mobile Gaming Enterprises: Seven Essential Legal Due Diligence Checkpoints<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/energy.mps-legal.com\/en\/column\/renewable-energy-ma-in-japan-key-land-related-issues-and-practical-risk-mitigation\" target=\"_blank\">Renewable Energy M&amp;A in Japan: Key Land-Related Issues and Practical Risk Mitigation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":1,"template":"","practices_category":[29],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practices\/506"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practices"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/practices"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"practices_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps-legal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practices_category?post=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}