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 Senior Associate Tokyo +81-3-6213-8108 M&A Corporate Law Capital Markets Life Science / 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 +1-646-255-1158 (New York) +81-3-5223-7757 (Tokyo) aruto.kagami@morihamada.com Competition / Antitrust Crisis Management / Compliance Dispute Resolution See more Related Cases 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 Mori Hamada advised gumi in its formation of blockchain node operating JV in Japan with TIS Masafumi Masuda Takaaki Okano Kosuke Esumi 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 March, 2025 Case Highlights T&D Holdings: Acquisition of Viridium Group from Cinven Limited Kenichi Sekiguchi Kazuo Yoshida Makoto Sakai Henry Lau Hiromu Suemasa Jaejoong Kim Hiroki Inomata Go back to Cases