Corporate Reorganization Proceedings for the Nagisa Pharmacy Group
Nishimura & Asahi served as trustee (trustee representative) and led the reorganization process in the corporate reorganization proceedings involving the nine Nagisa Pharmacy Group companies.
The team was led by partners Kenichi Minami, Ryokichi Chigira, Yuichi Shimbo, Daisuke Koriya, and Yonson Minami.
People
Ryokichi CHIGIRA
- Partner
- Tokyo
He has over 15 years’ experiences in a variety of M&A and finance transactions, particularly in distressed and turnaround situations, including sales of entire businesses, carve-outs, formation of JVs, debt/equity financing, restructuring of loans/bonds, providing financial support, sponsor investments, negotiations with customers/suppliers, and handling of disputes, which enables him to provide comprehensive supports for our clients. He also handles business succession and litigation cases. In terms of industries, he has significant insights in the IT and manufacturing businesses.
Yuichi is an expert in the field of healthcare, particularly medical care and nursing, and provides advice on business revitalization, M&A/business succession, corporate governance, finance, and regulatory issues.
Yonson MINAMI
- Partner
- Tokyo
He has handled a number of insolvency and restructuring cases, ranging from small-and medium-sized companies to listed enterprises. In recent years, through coordinating with financial institutions, he has provided expert legal advice on a number of early-stage restructuring cases in relation to corporate M&A and financing. In addition to M&A cases involving funds and companies, he also handles civil and commercial disputes between or within corporations, and provides advice on venture financing and developing legal areas (including agriculture & food and healthcare fields) to start-up enterprises. He is adept at identifying the needs of his clients and providing them with comprehensive legal advice.
Since becoming an attorney-at-law, I have been consistently engaged in bankruptcy and business revitalization practices. In legal arrangements, I have not only fulfilled the duties of a trustee, supervisor, etc., and been involved as a debtor's agent, but have also provided advice to creditors and sponsors that makes full use of such experience. Beyond legal liquidation, I have a reputation for taking the lead in restructuring in the early stages of the process, as well as Out of Court Informal Workouts. In recent years, I have also expanded my sphere of activity into the field of sports practice.