U.S. firm White & Case has hired M&A and private equity expert Naoya Shiota as a partner in Tokyo from Mori Hamada & Matsumoto.
By Mari Iwata
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White & Case has advised U.S. payments giant PayPal Holdings on its $2.7 billion agreement to acquire Japanese buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Paidy, which was represented by Cooley and Mori Hamada & Matsumoto.
By Aparna Sai
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Mori Hamada & Matsumoto and Davis Polk have advised Japanese beauty company Shiseido on the 160 billion yen ($1.5 billion) sale of its personal care business to private equity firm CVC, which was represented by Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu and White & Case.
By Aparna Sai, Reuters
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SoftBank Corp has announced plans to merge internet subsidiary Yahoo Japan with Korean messaging app operator Line Corp to create a $30 billion tech group, as it strives to compete more effectively with local rival Rakuten and U.S. tech powerhouses.
By Aparna Sai
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Tsuyoshi Ikeda, a former investigator for Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), has left Japanese Big Four law firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto to start an antitrust and consumer protection boutique called Ikeda & Someya.
By Aparna Sai
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Japanese Big Four law firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto is set to continue its expansion across Southeast Asia after announcing an office in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City.
By John Kang
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Morrison & Foerster, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, and AZB & Partners have been the top legal advisors by the volume of deals in APAC for acquisitive Japanese technology giant SoftBank since 2012, according to data from Mergermarket and AVCJ.
By John Kang
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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu and Mori Hamada & Matsumoto – two of Japan's Big Four firms – scored big at this year's Japan Law Awards.
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Nishimura & Asahi advised U.S. buyout firm KKR on its $2.3 billion acquisition of Hitachi Kokusai Electric, the Japanese conglomerate’s chip-making equipment and video solution unit, which tapped Mori Hamada & Matsumoto for advice.
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Myanmar has seen its foreign direct investment drop sharply in the past year as investors adopt a wait-and-see approach following the last election. However, law firms remain undeterred about the country’s prospects after democratisation.