KKR's acquisition of Unizo Hotel and its portfolio of 14 hotel properties Home Practices KKR's acquisition of Unizo Hotel and its portfolio of 14 hotel properties Period May, 2024 Practices M&A Real Estate / REITs Real Estate Transactions Real Estate Financing Asset Management / Funds People Eriko Ozawa Eriko Ozawa Partner Tokyo +81-3-5220-1816 eriko.ozawa@morihamada.com Real Estate / REITs Structured Finance / Banking Asset Management / Funds Shuhei Uchida Shuhei Uchida Partner Tokyo +81-3-5220-1859 shuhei.uchida@morihamada.com M&A Corporate Law Capital Markets Sonoko Amano Sonoko Amano Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8713 sonoko.amano@morihamada.com Capital Markets Structured Finance / Banking Asset Management / Funds Kei Shirakawa Kei Shirakawa Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8916 kei.shirakawa@morihamada.com Structured Finance / Banking Energy / Infrastructure Wataru Ishida Wataru Ishida Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8926 M&A Dispute Resolution Restructuring Crisis Management / Compliance TMT (Technology, Media & Telecom) Shuntaro Shirai Shuntaro Shirai Partner Tokyo +81-3-6213-8110 shuntaro.shirai@morihamada.com M&A Corporate Law Crisis Management / Compliance Structured Finance / Banking Real Estate / REITs 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 Privatization of Mitsubishi Shokuhin by Mitsubishi Corporation (represented the special committee of Mitsubishi Shokuhin) Gaku Ishiwata Hideki Ben May, 2025 Management buyout of IMAGICA GROUP (represented the purchaser) Masakazu Kumagai Kensuke Sakajiri 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