Seiko Holdings Corporation's subsidiary's simultaneous acquisition of three entities with the aim to accelerate the diversified expansion of its system solutions businesses
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Takemi Hiramatsu specializes in general corporate matters including M&A, joint ventures and corporate restructurings. He is also skilled in dispute related matters, including those relating to employment and intellectual property. He is especially known for his ability to advise on M&A and other transactional matters that traverse various areas of the law, including corporate, securities, employment, IP and insolvency laws. Further, with his personal network and his decades of experience in developing the firm’s impressive network of overseas law firms, he is able to handle cross-border matters seamlessly utilizing expert foreign lawyers spanning the globe. His clients include some of the world’s most prestigious listed and unlisted companies. He is also a member of the firm’s Latin American practice team and African practice team. He was recognized as a recommended lawyer for M&A by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2008 (August 2008) and for Real Estate Law by Best Lawyers Japan 2024 (April 2023).
Tokuhiro Matsunaga has handled a wide variety of cross-border M&A transactions in Asia and other regions. Recently, he has been focusing on the expansion of N&A’s Thai legal practice, and provides hands-on support to both Japanese and international clients that invest or are located in Thailand. He advises clients from both corporate/M&A and competition law perspectives, and has prevailed in a broad range of complicated cases, such as M&A transactions that involve serious antitrust issues. In addition, he has extensive experience with competition law investigations by the Japanese Fair Trade Commission, as well as investigations by other competition authorities in more than 15 countries. He also advises on other legal practice areas, including corporate governance, shareholders’ meetings, countermeasures against hostile takeovers and shareholder activism, compliance enhancement, internal investigations, and whistleblowing cases. He is adept at precisely understanding clients’ needs, and works carefully and efficiently to achieve the optimal outcomes for his clients.