TMI Associates
Client SatisfactionTMI Associates‘ corporate and M&A team is jointly led by Masakazu Iwakura, who is known for handling matters across sectors in M&A, litigation, and insurance; Tatsuhiro Takahara, who provides strategic and commercial legal advice on transactions; and Nobuyuki Watanabe, who focuses on M&A transactions in the Kansai area. The team has been involved in numerous squeeze-out transactions, representing both private equity funds and targets, with a client base in the asset management, automobile, IT, and pharma sectors. Harumichi Uchida is well-versed in corporate restructurings, while Takashi Toichi provides advice to organisations in restructurings.
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Key clients
- Japan Industrial Partners, Inc.
- NIDEC Corporation
- Monex Group, Inc.
- Advantage Partners, Inc.
- Denka Company Limited
- Japan Disney Inc.
Work highlights
- Advised Japan Industrial Partners, Inc. as global lead counsel on the acquisition of Toshiba Corporation.
- Advised NIDEC Corporation on the non-solicited takeover of Takisawa Machine Tool Co., Ltd. with manners satisfying "Guidelines for Corporate Takeovers" published by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.
- Advised Taisei Corporation on its acquisition of P.S. Mitsubishi Construction Co., Ltd.
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Takashi Toichi
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Masakazu Iwakura, Tatsuhiro Takahara, Nobuyuki Watanabe