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 April 2026 Case Highlights Reorganization of Home Appliance Business by Hitachi and Hitachi Global Life Solutions Based on the Strategic Partnership with Nojima Norihito Sato Yuma Adachi Daiki Ishikawa April 2026 The Integration between JR East Group and ITOCHU Group in the Real Estate Sector (Representing ITOCHU Group Side) Katsumasa Suzuki Sonoko Amano Kensuke Sakajiri Yusuke Kobayashi April 2026 Case Highlights SAZABY LEAGUE Enters into a Partnership with GIC Hiroyuki Kurihara Reiya Nakano Fumito Izaki March 2026 Case Highlights KKR: Privatization of Taiyo Holdings Gaku Ishiwata Reiya Nakano Masaaki Hirota Takahiro Kobayashi Kei Shirakawa Shuhei Takaishi Masaki Kakimoto March 2026 Case Highlights Acquisition of Sugiko by Carlye (Representing Carlyle) Akira Matsushita Yuki Matsuda Shuhei Takaishi Takeshi Fukuda Shintaro Nakatani March 2026 Case Highlights Business Integration of the Automated Equipment Businesses, Including ATMs, of Hitachi Channel Solutions and OKI Electric Industry Tomohiro Tsuchiya Norihito Sato Junichi Tsuji Hideki Utsunomiya Go back to Cases