Capital and Business Alliance between KADOKAWA and Sony Group through Third Party Allotment (Representing KADOKAWA) Home Practices Capital and Business Alliance between KADOKAWA and Sony Group through Third Party Allotment (Representing KADOKAWA) Capital and Business Alliance between KADOKAWA and Sony Group through Third Party Allotment (Representing KADOKAWA) Period December, 2024 Practices M&A M&A / Reorganizations / Capital and Business Alliances Private Equity Corporate Law Corporate Governance Telecommunications / Media Sports / Entertainment Education / Research People Akira Marumo Akira Marumo Partner Tokyo +81-3-5223-7738 akira.marumo@morihamada.com M&A TMT (Technology, Media & Telecom) Structured Finance / Banking Akira Matsushita Akira Matsushita Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8553 akira.matsushita@morihamada.com M&A Corporate Law Crisis Management / Compliance Life Science / Healthcare Shimpei Ochi Shimpei Ochi Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8969 M&A Asset Management / Funds Masaki Kakimoto Masaki Kakimoto Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8971 masaki.kakimoto@morihamada.com M&A Crisis Management / Compliance Competition / Antitrust Intellectual Property TMT (Technology, Media & Telecom) Related Cases June 3, 2025 Case Highlights Privatization of Makino Milling Machine by MBK Partners (represented MBK Partners as a white knight) Shuhei Uchida Masaaki Hirota Kei Shirakawa Masaki Kakimoto June, 2025 Privatization of TRYT by Carlyle (represented TRYT) Masaaki Hirota Ryosuke Shigaki May 29, 2025 Case Highlights Privatization of SBI Sumishin Net Bank by NTT DOCOMO and capital and business alliance among Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, NTT DOCOMO, and SBI Sumishin Net Bank (represented Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank) Yoshihiro Kojima Masaaki Hirota May, 2025 Case Highlights NTT: Acquisition of NTT Data for JPY 2.37 trillion Minoru Sawaguchi Akira Matsushita Yohsuke Higashi Shimpei Ochi May, 2025 Privatization of Mitsubishi Shokuhin by Mitsubishi Corporation (represented the special committee of Mitsubishi Shokuhin) Gaku Ishiwata Hideki Ben May, 2025 Case Highlights Japan Tobacco (JT): Sale of pharmaceutical business and Torii Pharmaceutical to Shionogi Hideki Ben Kazuhiro Kanamaru Taichi Arai Yusuke Takamiya Yurika Inoue Yuki Kawai Kohei Shiozaki Go back to Cases