Investigation and litigation (criminal and civil) concerning employee kickbacks and kickback schemes Home Practices Investigation and litigation (criminal and civil) concerning employee kickbacks and kickback schemes Period 2021 - 2025 Practices Crisis Management / Compliance Automotives / Auto Parts People Hiroshi Yamauchi Hiroshi Yamauchi Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8579 hiroshi.yamauchi@morihamada.com Crisis Management / Compliance Dispute Resolution Corporate Law Tomoaki Kutami Tomoaki Kutami Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8948 tomoaki.kutami@morihamada.com Corporate Law Dispute Resolution Crisis Management / Compliance Hiroyuki Kato Kato Hiroyuki LPC Counsel Takamatsu +81-87-802-4492 hiroyuki.kato@morihamada.com Crisis Management / Compliance Dispute Resolution M&A Kazuhito Imaizumi Kazuhito Imaizumi Counsel Tokyo +81-3-6266-8937 kazuhito.imaizumi@morihamada.com Corporate Law Dispute Resolution Crisis Management / Compliance Employment & Labor Competition / Antitrust Hiroyuki Sato Hiroyuki Sato Senior Associate Tokyo +81-3-6212-8371 Crisis Management / Compliance Sustainability / Environmental Law Competition / Antitrust Atsuki Okuda Atsuki Okuda Senior Associate Tokyo +81-3-5293-4845 Crisis Management / Compliance Employment & Labor Consumer Law Related Cases March 2026 Case Highlights Capital restructuring and going-private of Nippon Sheet Glass Soichiro Fujiwara Takahiro Inou Tomoya Fujita Norihito Sato Dai Katagiri Yuki Matsuda Ryo Kawabata Kensuke Sakajiri Yuto Kato March 2026 Acquisition of Shares in Bargain Car Rentals Australia (Australia) by Tokyo Century Corporation Norihito Sato Julian Barendse Yuki Tominaga January 2026 Advised Mitsui O.S.K. Lines on its joint venture with PSA Singapore to establish a Ro-Ro terminal in Singapore Ryutaro Kawamura Soni Tiwari Fuminori Kato Yashaswee Sarkhel December 2025 Case Highlights Partial Sale of Shares in Astemo Co., Ltd. by Hitachi, Ltd. Tomohiro Tsuchiya Rintaro Shinohara Norihito Sato Hiroko Kasama Ryosuke Shigaki September 2025 Transfer of the Automotive Molded Parts Business by Resonac Corporation Kenichi Sekiguchi Daiki Ishikawa Yusuke Takamiya Panupan Udomsuvannakul Chotiwut Sukpradub Ryoko Akizuki Kenta Yamamoto Kornkitti Sivamoke Yuki Tominaga Hiromi Matsuo August 2025 Case Highlights Mori Hamada advised Motherson Group in transaction Kenichi Sekiguchi Yuma Ito Shintaro Nakatani Go back to Cases