Business Transactions

We navigate for our clients pursuing corporate and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, joint ventures, divestitures, product supply, distribution, license, and development, human resource arrangements, and real estate leases. We support our clients throughout the process, from deal planning to closing.

We also assist Japanese corporations in their international acquisitions, expansions, and alliances.

Representative Matters

Representing a Japanese life insurance company on its potential acquisition of a public life insurance company in the U.S., and advising on Japanese insurance regulatory issues
Advising a Japanese casualty insurance company in a proposed JPY 30 billion acquisition of a Belgian insurance company
Representing a U.S.-based life sciences company on the US$450 million divestiture of its global mass spectrometry business
Representing a NASDAQ listed semiconductor company on the acquisition of a Japanese semiconductor business in the Hokuriku region in Japan
Advising a listed Japanese electronic company on the acquisition of Ferroelectric LCOS (FLCOS) display operations from Micron Technology Inc.
Representing an Israel-based semiconductor company on its US$140 million acquisition of Micron Technology’s fabrication facility in Japan
Advising a Korean entertainment company in setting up a Japanese joint venture with a major Japanese record label
Representing a U.S.-based game publisher in its acquisition of a Japanese game development studio