Business transfer of professional business by Shiseido (represented Shiseido) Home Practices Business transfer of professional business by Shiseido (represented Shiseido) Period July, 2022 Practices M&A Chemicals Life Science / Healthcare People Gaku Ishiwata Gaku Ishiwata Partner Managing Partner Tokyo +81-3-5223-7753 gaku.ishiwata@morihamada.com M&A Corporate Law Asset Management / Funds Crisis Management / Compliance Daiki Ishikawa Daiki Ishikawa Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8746 daiki.ishikawa@morihamada.com Intellectual Property M&A Life Science / Healthcare TMT (Technology, Media & Telecom) Corporate Law Shuhei Uchida Shuhei Uchida Partner Tokyo +81-3-5220-1859 shuhei.uchida@morihamada.com M&A Corporate Law Capital Markets Masaaki Hirota Masaaki Hirota Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8985 masaaki.hirota@morihamada.com M&A Structured Finance / Banking 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 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