Tatsumi Corporation: Acquisition by MITSUBA Corporation
Nishimura & Asahi advised Tatsumi Corporation [TSE: 7268], an automotive brake parts maker, on a share exchange agreement with MITSUBA Corporation [TSE: 7280], a manufacturer of automotive electrical components. This makes Tatsumi a wholly owned subsidiary of MITSUBA.
The Nishimura & Asahi team advising Tatsumi was led by partner Yuji Shiga, supported by Akihiro Yamamoto.
Yuji’s practice includes a wide range of M&A, investment, and joint venture transaction, etc. involving a Japanese company and a foreign company / investment fund; in that transaction, he represented both parties through successful completion of the transaction. With his seasoned experience of acquisition matters by foreign investment funds, he advises numerous Japanese listed and unlisted companies on activism matters. He has received accolades from his clients that (i) he is very pragmatic and proactive (ii) he always gives a good, commercial view of the bigger picture around a situation with deep understanding of his client and (iii) he has an ability to ‘put himself in his clients’ shoes. He is also active in the Firm’s Asia practice such as India, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam.