Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. - Acquisition of Allied Pinnacle Pty Ltd.
Leading Japanese law firm Nishimura & Asahi advised Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. [TSE: 2002] and its subsidiary, Nisshin Flour Milling Inc. on their acquisition of Allied Pinnacle Pty Ltd. (Australia’s leading flour, ingredients and bakery products manufacturer), from Australian private equity fund Pacific Equity Partners and other shareholders.
The Nishimura & Asahi team advising Nisshin Seifun was led by partners Kazuhiro Takei, Kazuyoshi Furusumi, Ayako Matsumoto and Hiroki Kaga, foreign partner James Emerson, and associate Takashi Tsuboi.
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Ayako Matsumoto is a partner at Nishimura & Asahi specializing in the area of Corporate/M&A. She has handled various domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including complicated and large-scale issues. She also provides extensive advice on a wide range of corporate activities, including corporate governance, compliance, management and utilization of information, digital transformation, brand strategy, insurance, and various corporate and commercial transactions. She is a core member of our data protection practice group, and provides practical advice regarding information related issues on global management of personal data, trade secrets and intellectual property, insider trading regulations, cyber security insurance, utilization of digital technology, etc. She has also been focusing on the fashion law practice, and provides crosscutting and global legal support, by closely collaborating with our experts in various fields and local offices, for apparel designers, retailers, manufacturers, importers, investors, and brand owners and luxury goods companies. She provides practical, commercial, and creative advice to protect brands and ensure they remain competitive in a fierce and rapidly evolving industry with rapid progress in digital economy and social transformation.
By leveraging his experience abroad and his secondment to a trading company in Japan, Hiroki Kaga has experience in complex cross-border transactions. His strength is the knowledge and experience of cutting-edge practices in the M&A, start-up and private equity area.
Kaz is a partner in our Corporate practice. He has strong expertise in various M&A transactions including outbound/inbound deals. He is unique given his broad activities throughout his career, such as professional experience in a management consulting firm and a private equity fund, as well as the start-up of our Hanoi office in Vietnam. Leveraging his insights gained from this experience, he always provides clients with tailored services in a timely and flexible manner.