Acquisition of NTT Docomo by NTT through TOB Home Practices Acquisition of NTT Docomo by NTT through TOB Period September, 2020 Practices M&A M&A / Reorganizations / Capital and Business Alliances Corporate Law Corporate Governance Shareholder Relations Corporate and Commercial Disputes 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 Hideki Ben Hideki Ben Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8721 hideki.ben@morihamada.com M&A Corporate Law Shimpei Ochi Shimpei Ochi Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8969 M&A Asset Management / Funds Takahiro Kobayashi Takahiro Kobayashi Senior Associate Tokyo +81-3-5220-1856 M&A Corporate Law Shintaro Nakatani Shintaro Nakatani Senior Associate Tokyo +81-3-6213-8162 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 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 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 Yu Furuhashi April, 2025 Privatization of AEON MALL Katsumasa Suzuki Takafumi Goto April, 2025 Represented TENMA CORPORATION in connection with MBO by FHL Holdings Inc. through a tender offer Yohei Koyama Kohei Morita Yurika Inoue Yasuhisa Watanabe Taishu Yamashita Taishi Koyama Go back to Cases