Public M&A | Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions | Legal Services

About

We advise clients on all aspects of public M&A transactions, including structuring, due diligence, and tender offers or takeover bids (TOBs), delistings and minority squeeze out transactions, mergers, share transfers, forward triangular mergers / stock exchanges, listings with overseas SPACs, regulatory requirements for public companies, including insider trading regulations, as well as on potential actions by minority shareholders. We have acted for both offerors and targets in public company takeovers and also have experience advising on hostile takeover strategies, executions and takeover defenses.

Representative Experience

Advised a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer on its JPY388 billion investment to acquire a 66% stake in a major Japanese electronics company.
Advised a Japanese life insurer on its acquisition of a 100 percent share in a US listed insurance company for USD5.7 billion.
Advised a Japanese life insurer on its acquisition of a 100 percent share in a US listed insurance company through a reverse triangle merger for USD5 billion.
Advised a Japanese advertising company on its public takeover of a UK listed marketing group for GBP3.2 billion.
Acted for a Japanese recruiting company on its acquisition of a listed Australian HR services provider through an arrangement scheme.