Investigation by special investigation committee (chaired by Mori Hamada) into quality and inspection fraud at manufacturing company Home Practices Investigation by special investigation committee (chaired by Mori Hamada) into quality and inspection fraud at manufacturing company Period 2021 - 2025 Practices Crisis Management / Compliance Electronics / Machinery / Other Manufacturing People Yasuhiko Fujitsu Yasuhiko Fujitsu Partner Tokyo +81-3-6212-8326 yasuhiko.fujitsu@morihamada.com M&A Capital Markets Crisis Management / Compliance Ryosuke Nishimoto Ryosuke Nishimoto LPC Partner Osaka +81-6-6377-9408 ryosuke.nishimoto@morihamada.com Crisis Management / Compliance Competition / Antitrust Employment & Labor Dispute Resolution Corporate Law Jiro Kiyama Jiro Kiyama Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8778 jiro.kiyama@morihamada.com Crisis Management / Compliance Dispute Resolution Restructuring Energy / Infrastructure Sustainability / Environmental Law Toru Yamada Toru Yamada Counsel Tokyo +81-3-6266-8747 toru.yamada@morihamada.com Corporate Law Dispute Resolution Crisis Management / Compliance Competition / Antitrust Daisuke Kuroda Daisuke Kuroda LPC Counsel Osaka +81-6-6377-9415 (Osaka) +81-3-6266-8912 (Tokyo) daisuke.kuroda@morihamada.com Dispute Resolution Restructuring 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 Related Cases November 2025 Partial Transfer of Shares in Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. by Hitachi, Ltd. and Change in Capital Relationship Following the Share Transfer Tomohiro Tsuchiya Norihito Sato Yu Hayami August 2025 Mori Hamada advised Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd. on its take-private by Advantage Partners and Tokyo Century Corporation through a tender offer Ryo Chikasawa Koki Kanemura Takahiro Kobayashi July 2025 Case Highlights EQT: Acquisition of Fujitec for USD 2.7 billion Kenichi Sekiguchi Shimpei Ochi Masaki Kakimoto Norimitsu Mori Kensuke Sakajiri Yusuke Kurachi May 2025 Issuance of USD 500 million senior bonds by Kubota Credit Corporation, U.S.A. guaranteed by KUBOTA Corporation (May 2025) Katsuyuki Tainaka Shinya Mizumoto Tomohiro Oka May 2025 International Offering by Astroscale Holdings Inc.(May, 2025) Toshimitsu Nemoto Masayuki Ishibashi Shinya Mizumoto February 2025 IPO (Kyu-Rimpo Hoshiki) by TOYOKOH Inc. (February, 2025) Toshimitsu Nemoto Tomohiro Oka Go back to Cases