JAPAN Law and Practice Contributed by: Hajime Tanahashi, Takayuki Kihira, Kenichi Sekiguchi and Akira Matsushita, Mori Hamada
Mori Hamada has a corporate M&A team that con - sists of approximately 300 attorneys. The firm has of - fices in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Takamatsu, Yokohama, Sapporo and Kochi, and international branch offices in New York, Northern California, Sin - gapore, Shanghai, Beijing, Bangkok (Chandler Mori Hamada), Yangon (Myanmar Legal Mori Hamada Limited), Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Jakarta and Ma - nila. The firm’s M&A practice handles mergers, ac - quisitions, restructurings and corporate alliances in a wide variety of industries and sectors, including do -
mestic and cross-border transactions (inbound and outbound); listed company, private equity and venture capital transactions; friendly and unsolicited transac - tions; going-private transactions; MBOs; acquisition finance; and takeover strategies. Mori Hamada has been particularly active in cross-border transac - tions between Japan and the US, the EU, South and South-East Asian countries. The firm’s M&A team li - aises with other key practice areas for M&A transac - tions involving distressed or insolvent companies, as well as M&A-related litigation and arbitration.
Authors
Hajime Tanahashi is a partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto who has great expertise in corporate law, M&A, private equity, venture finance and corporate governance. Tanahashi has also represented various domestic
Kenichi Sekiguchi is a partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto who practises in M&A and general corporate matters, including corporate litigation regarding M&A transactions. He focuses particularly on transactions
and international private equity funds. He is the author of several publications concerning private equity, domestic and cross-border M&A and tender offer bids in Japan. Tanahashi has been a lecturer at Waseda University School since 2005. He was admitted to the Bar in Japan in 1992 and in New York in 1997.
involving conflicts of interest such as MBOs. Sekiguchi was admitted to the Bar in Japan in 2005 and in New York in 2011. He has contributed to numerous publications concerning M&A in Japan.
Akira Matsushita is a partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto with expertise in cross-border and domestic M&A, unsolicited takeovers, shareholder activism, corporate governance and general corporate and securities law
Takayuki Kihira is a partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto with experience in M&A, corporate and securities law. In particular, he has extensive experience in cross-border M&A transactions and frequently
matters. He has advised many listed companies that have been the subject of shareholder activism and unsolicited takeovers, including proxy fights. Matsushita, who was admitted to the Bar in Japan in 2006 and in New York in 2013, has published various articles on M&A in Japan.
represents international clients. Kihira was admitted to the Bar in Japan in 2001 and in New York in 2007. He has authored several publications on M&A in Japan. He also teaches a course on global M&A practice at Cornell Law School as an adjunct professor of law.
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