TMI Associates
TMI Associates‘ corporate M&A team is jointly led by Masakazu Iwakura, Tatsuhiro Takahara, and Nobuyuki Watanabe; Iwakura has more than 30 years’ experience, Takahara offers clients his expertise in private equity work, and Watanabe has expertise in public and private M&A. The team regularly works with overseas offices in Singapore, Thailand, China, and Cambodia to offer clients extensive support in outbound M&A. Alongside general corporate matters, the practice also assists with restructurings, risk management issues (for which Takashi Toichi is a key contact), public takeovers, and seller due diligence. Other key team names include Takushi Saito and Kensei Ikeda.
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Key clients
- Olympus Corporation
- OMRON Corporation
- Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories
- NH Foods
- NTT DATA Corporation
- Aspirant Group Inc.
- Oji Imaging Media Co.
- Yodobashi Holdings Co.
- Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
- The Goldman Sachs Group
Work highlights
- Advised Olympus Corporation on its $3.1bn sale of the Scientific Solution Department business engaged by Evident Corporation and its subsidiaries, to the US private equity company, Bain Capital.
- Advised OMRON Corporation on its acquisition of a 33% stake in JMDC Inc. and capital and business alliance agreement with JMDC.
- Advised Nippon Soda Co., Ltd on its sale of the entire share capital of Alkaline S.A.S. to International Chemical Investors XVI S.A.
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Masakazu Iwakura, Tatsuhiro Takahara, Nobuyuki Watanabe