Sale of Alps Logistics by Alps Alpine to Logisteed and making Alps Logistics a joint venture Home Practices Sale of Alps Logistics by Alps Alpine to Logisteed and making Alps Logistics a joint venture Period May, 2024 Practices M&A M&A / Reorganizations / Capital and Business Alliances Private Equity People Minoru Sawaguchi Minoru Sawaguchi Partner Tokyo +81-3-5223-7735 minoru.sawaguchi@morihamada.com M&A Corporate Law Dispute Resolution Akira Matsushita Akira Matsushita Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8553 akira.matsushita@morihamada.com M&A Corporate Law Crisis Management / Compliance Life Science / Healthcare Takahiro Kobayashi Takahiro Kobayashi Senior Associate Tokyo +81-3-5220-1856 M&A Corporate Law Yasutaka Hosaka Yasutaka Hosaka Senior Associate Tokyo +81-3-5223-7720 M&A Corporate Law Tomohiro Nishimura Tomohiro Nishimura Senior Associate Tokyo +81-3-5293-4877 M&A Corporate Law 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