Represented Kubota in connection with its acquisition of a majority stake of Escorts Limited Home Practices Represented Kubota in connection with its acquisition of a majority stake of Escorts Limited Period November, 2021 Practices M&A People Gaku Ishiwata Gaku Ishiwata Partner Managing Partner Tokyo +81-3-5223-7753 gaku.ishiwata@morihamada.com M&A Corporate Law Asset Management / Funds Crisis Management / Compliance Reiya Nakano Reiya Nakano Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8935 reiya.nakano@morihamada.com M&A Competition / Antitrust Yusuke Takamiya Yusuke Takamiya Partner Tokyo +81-3-6266-8744 yusuke.takamiya@morihamada.com Competition / Antitrust International Trade Consumer Law Dispute Resolution Crisis Management / Compliance Yohei Koyama yohei koyama Partner Tokyo M&A Intellectual Property TMT (Technology, Media & Telecom) 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 Investment by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation to PT Integrasi Jaringan Ekosistem Tetsu Takeuchi Naoto Obayashi Hiromi Matsuo Go back to Cases