Ci:z Holdings: Capital and business alliance with Johnson & Johnson
- Date
- 2016
- Practice Areas
- M&ACross-border M&ACross-border Transactions (General)
Leading Japanese law firm Nishimura & Asahi has advised Ci:z Holdings Co., Ltd. (“Ci:z”) on its capital and business alliance with U.S. consumer health care company Johnson & Johnson.
Ci:z, the parent company of the Dr.Ci:Labo skin care brand, makes cleansers, exfoliators and moisturisers, including the Aqua-Collagen-Gel and Ever Bright ranges. As part of the deal, the rights to Dr.Ci:Labo outside of the Japanese market were transferred to Johnson & Johnson, which became Ci:z’s second biggest shareholder. Through its investment in Ci:z, Johnson & Johnson aims to strengthen its skin care business, in which Japanese manufacturers excel. The value of the transaction was approximately ¥3.5bn.
The Nishimura & Asahi team advising Ci:z was led by partners Hitomi Iwase, Yuji Shiga, Jiro Abe, Takeshi Nemoto and Kentaro Sugimoto.