The corporate department at Nishimura & Asahi is jointly led by Yoshinobu Fujimoto, who is known for his work on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and Asa Shinkawa, who is the name to note for private equity matters. Other work the practice undertakes includes joint ventures, strategic planning, closing procedures, and business integrations. Hiroshi Uchima is adept at advising on large and complex transactions, while Yuji Shiga is particularly experienced in risk management and international transactions. Masaki Hosaka, Yo Ota and Yuki Oi are other key members of the team, with specialisms including advice within the industrial and financial sectors as well as proficiency in matters involving international private equity houses.

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Key clients

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
Seven & i Holdings Co.
NAVER Corporation
Showa Denko K.K.
ITOCHU Corporation
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.
Bain Capital Private Equity
Mitsubishi Corporation
Toshiba Corporation
The Carlyle Group
Honda Motor Co.
Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Japan Display Inc.
Rakuten, Inc.
Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
Invesco Office J-REIT, Inc.
Hitachi Metals
SBI Holdings, Inc.
Goldman Sachs
Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho
H2O Retailing Corporation
Hitachi Transport System
ORIX Corporation
Kintetsu World Express, Inc.
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
Rakuten Securities Holdings, Inc.
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
AT Group
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Kito Corporation
BPEA EQT Pte

Work highlights

Advised Toshiba on a contemplated going-private transaction that is valued at approximately $14.4bn.
Advised Hitachi Transport System on a tender offer for its common shares and consecutive squeeze-out transaction by HTSK Co., an entity owned by investment funds managed by KKR and acquisition by HTS of its treasury stock from Hitachi.
Advised Bain Capital on its acquisition of Evident Corporation, a subsidiary of Olympus Corporation, for purposes of acquiring Olympus’ Scientific Solutions Business.

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