Represented Kansai Super Market in connection with OK's unsolicited offer and H2O Retailing's acquisition Home Practices Represented Kansai Super Market in connection with OK's unsolicited offer and H2O Retailing's acquisition Period December, 2021 Practices M&A M&A / Reorganizations / Capital and Business Alliances Corporate Law Corporate Governance Shareholder Relations Corporate and Commercial Disputes Unsolicited M&A 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 Kunihiro Watanabe Kunihiro Watanabe Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8555 kunihiro.watanabe@morihamada.com M&A Corporate Law Dispute Resolution Crisis Management / Compliance Ryo Chikasawa Ryo Chikasawa Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8719 ryo.chikasawa@morihamada.com M&A Corporate Law Crisis Management / Compliance Koki Kanemura Koki Kanemura Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8972 koki.kanemura@morihamada.com M&A Corporate Law Dispute Resolution 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