Business combination of the Crosby Group (portfolio of KKR US) and Kito Corporation (privatization of Kito Corporation by the Crosby Group) Home Practices Business combination of the Crosby Group (portfolio of KKR US) and Kito Corporation (privatization of Kito Corporation by the Crosby Group) Period May, 2022 Practices M&A People Kenichi Sekiguchi Kenichi Sekiguchi Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8562 kenichi.sekiguchi@morihamada.com M&A Corporate Law Asset Management / Funds Dispute Resolution Saori Takekoshi Saori Takekoshi Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8903 saori.takekoshi@morihamada.com Competition / Antitrust Consumer Law Crisis Management / Compliance Masaaki Hirota Masaaki Hirota Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8985 masaaki.hirota@morihamada.com M&A Structured Finance / Banking Kensuke Sakajiri Kensuke Sakajiri Partner Tokyo +81-3-6213-8108 kensuke.sakajiri@morihamada.com M&A Asset Management / Funds Corporate Law Capital Markets Life Sciences / Healthcare Shintaro Okawa Shintaro Okawa Senior Associate Tokyo +81-3-6213-8150 M&A International Trade Corporate Law Public Policy Crisis Management / Compliance Yusuke Ueda Yusuke Ueda Senior Associate Tokyo +81-3-5223-7773 M&A Competition / Antitrust Intellectual Property Henry Lau Henry Lau Counsel Tokyo +81-3-6266-8556 henry.lau@morihamada.com M&A Aruto Kagami Aruto Kagami Partner New York +1-646-255-1148 (US) +81-3-5223-7757 (Tokyo) aruto.kagami@morihamada.com Competition / Antitrust Crisis Management / Compliance Dispute Resolution See more Related Cases March 2026 Merger between DREAM Private REIT and DREAM Hospitality REIT Eriko Ozawa Taro Omoto Masahito Saeki Akira Matsushita Sayako Chujo Yoshito Yamamoto February 27, 2026 Case Highlights Representation of Rapidus in Equity Financing Koji Toshima Takahiro Iijima Kunio Miyaoka February 2026 Advised Hankyu Hanshin Properties on its investment into a fund for residential development business in India managed by HDFC Capital Advisors (HDFC Bank Group) Ryutaro Kawamura Soni Tiwari Tsubasa Oguri February 2026 The capital and business alliance between Mizuho Leasing Company and Star Asia Group Shuhei Kubota Mikito Ishida Saori Takekoshi Ryosuke Onobori Shuntaro Shirai Akiko Okanari Masataka Hayano Kensho Akita February 2026 Kohnan Shoji’s acquisition of Alleanza Holdings Shuhei Kubota Saori Takekoshi Hiroko Kasama February 2026 Mori Hamada represented ASO in ASO's capital and business alliance with WAKACHIKU CONSTRUCTION Kenichi Sekiguchi Kensuke Sakajiri Tomoya Fujita Go back to Cases