Acquisition of Vodafone Japan by Softbank and financing through securitization of the business Home Practices Acquisition of Vodafone Japan by Softbank and financing through securitization of the business Period April, 2006 Practices M&A Securitization People Akira Marumo Akira Marumo Partner Tokyo +81-3-5223-7738 akira.marumo@morihamada.com M&A TMT (Technology, Media & Telecom) Structured Finance / Banking Atsushi Oishi Atsushi Oishi Partner Tokyo +81-3-5223-7767 atsushi.oishi@morihamada.com M&A Tax Wealth Management Dispute Resolution Corporate Law Takahiro Kobayashi Takahiro Kobayashi Partner Tokyo +81-3-5223-7768 takahiro.kobayashi@morihamada.com Energy / Infrastructure Sustainability / Environmental Law Structured Finance / Banking Financial Regulation Asset Management / Funds Shuhei Kubota Shuhei Kubota Partner Tokyo +81-3-6212-8329 shuhei.kubota@morihamada.com M&A Corporate Law Capital Markets Life Science / Healthcare 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 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 May, 2025 Case Highlights NTT: Acquisition of NTT Data for JPY 2.37 trillion Minoru Sawaguchi Akira Matsushita Yohsuke Higashi Shimpei Ochi April, 2025 Privatization of AEON MALL Katsumasa Suzuki Takafumi Goto April, 2025 Mori Hamada advised gumi in its formation of blockchain node operating JV in Japan with TIS Masafumi Masuda Takaaki Okano Kosuke Esumi Go back to Cases