Acquisition of shares in Bushu Pharmaceuticals by KKR (represented KKR) Home Practices Acquisition of shares in Bushu Pharmaceuticals by KKR (represented KKR) Period December, 2022 Practices M&A People 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 Kei Shirakawa Kei Shirakawa Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8916 kei.shirakawa@morihamada.com Structured Finance / Banking Energy / Infrastructure Yasutaka Tokuda Yasutaka Tokuda Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8934 yasutaka.tokuda@morihamada.com M&A Crisis Management / Compliance Life Science / Healthcare Consumer Law Public Policy Shuhei Takaishi Shuhei Takaishi Partner Tokyo +81-3-6213-8112 shuhei.takaishi@morihamada.com Structured Finance / Banking Energy / Infrastructure Real Estate / REITs Financial Regulation Takahiro Kobayashi Takahiro Kobayashi Senior Associate Tokyo +81-3-5220-1856 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