- M&A
Startups & Venture Capital


Strategic support for business enhancement by negotiation experts, tech specialists, and attorneys with business experience, with a long track records of business model design, fundraising, alliance and other disruptive actions in startups
In order for a startup company to turn its business idea into a scalable business, it is necessary to have a legal strategy from the viewpoint of ensuring and strengthening its business differentiator, and maximizing long term profit in addition to simply avoiding various legal risks. In addition, with limited resources, a startup company needs to make appropriate decisions on which aspect of the business and legal issues it should prioritize.
We support the growth of startup companies in pursuing the best way to realize long term benefit and in choosing priority areas to focus on according to their stage of development.
From the same standpoint, we support companies and investors who invest in startup companies or acquire them in the following ways:
- Fundraising: design terms and conditions, support negotiation strategy, prepare deal documents.
- Advise on contract term design and allocation of rights and obligations among stake holders for the creation of a new business model.
- Advise on IP strategy and execution thereof both for brands and technologies.
- Advise on business alliances and support of the execution thereof.
- Advise on equity story and capital structure of the company.
- Global expansion of the business (both inwards in Japan and outbound)
- Support in obtaining business licenses and permits and other legal procedures for conducting business.
- Advise on mergers and acquisitions.
Recent Work
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- 2025.1
- HERALBONY Co., Ltd. - Fundraising Led by WiL, LLC
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- 2024.11
- Japan Post Investment Corporation: Investment in Quanmatic Inc.
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- 2024.10
- Japan Post Capital Co., Ltd. - Investment in RENATUS ROBOTICS Inc.
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- 2024.10
- Japan Post Capital Co., Ltd. - Investment in Sukedachi, Inc.
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- 2024.9
- Sakana AI: Series A Fundraising from Leading Japanese Companies
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- 2024.9
- Sakana AI : Series A Fundraising from NVIDIA and Others
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- 2024.7
- SmartHR, Inc. - Series E Fundraising
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- 2024.5
- Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. – Investment in Plants Laboratory Inc.
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- 2024.5
- Pro Bono Advice on the Establishment of B Market Builder Japan
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- 2024.1
- Japan Post Capital Co., Ltd. - Investment in Hacobell Inc.
Awards & Rankings
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Ha Hoang Loc and Nguyen Ngoc Phuc Selected for Asia Business Law Journal's The A-List: Vietnam’s Top 100 Lawyers 2024
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Nishimura & Asahi Receives Top Rankings in Mergermarket and LSEG M&A League Tables 2024
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Ing-Chian Sun first and only lawyer from a Japanese law firm to be highly recognized in Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2025
Seminars
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N&A Legal Forum
European M&A dynamics - what makes a successful auction transaction in England and France
Tokyo
Nishimura & Asahi Seminars
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ICONN NINJA ACCELERATOR Program
Online
External Seminars
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N&A Legal Forum
European M&A dynamics - what makes a successful auction transaction in Germany and the Netherlands
Tokyo
Nishimura & Asahi Seminars
Publications
News
- Appointment
- Hironori Inagaki appointed as a committee member of the Task Force for the Creation of New Startup Markets, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.
- Media
- Round-table discussion: Future Prospects of M&A in Japan: Latest Trends in Cross-Border M&A in Europe and the Middle East
- Notices
- Sponsored event: Israel's top smart mobility startups in Tokyo