As one of Japan’s biggest and most experienced business law firms, we regularly advise on the largest and most complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. We have extensive expertise in a wide range of transactions, from simple share or asset deals, to mergers, stock swaps, spin-offs, buy-outs, distressed transactions as well as highly complex multi-jurisdiction carve-outs, public takeovers and the defense against such takeovers.
Our clients are involved in virtually all business, industrial and financial sectors and all regions around the globe. With our team of highly specialized professionals in all relevant areas of law, we provide a seamless one-stop service to our clients, tailor-made to their needs and with a focus on business-orientated solutions and sensitivity for the particularities of their business. We are capable of covering all aspects and stages of the M&A process, from strategic planning and tax-efficient structuring to due diligence, drafting and negotiating of all relevant transaction documents, pre-closing preparations such as merger clearance, execution and post-merger integration. We also assist our clients with the resolution of any transaction-related employment law issues as well as post-merger disputes.
Through our close network of leading law firms around the world, we ensure that our clients have ready access to transactional services and advice across all jurisdictions.
ALB Japan In-House Legal Summit 2025
Akemi Suzuki, Yusei Uji
The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
ADVANCE Corporate Law Seminar
Yutaka Kuroda, Kazuki Tahara
Online (Live & On-Demand)
ADVANCE Corporate Law Seminar
Yuko Tamai, Ryo Okubo, Yutaka Kuroda, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Kazuki Tahara, Ryota Saito
Hilton Osaka
Hiroshi Oda, Ryo Okubo
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Technology & Innovation Seminar
Keiji Tonomura, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Akira Komatsu
Online (On-Demand)
IPBA Southeast Asia Regional Conference
Nobuo Fukui
V&A Law Centre, Metro Manila
Rashmi Grover
Wataru Matsumoto, Kyosuke Ohno (Co-author)
(February 2025)
Oki Osawa (Comments)
(January 2025)
Shunsuke Minowa, Yothin Intaraprasong, Ponpun Krataykhwan, Nopparak Yangiam, Salin Kongpakpaisarn, Poonyisa Sornchangwat (Co-author)
