
Corporate/M&A: Domestic
Asia-Pacific Guide 2026 : Japan
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TMI Associates regularly handles complex and sophisticated corporate and M&A transactions, advising clients on large-scale cross-border transactions, going-private transactions, private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures, and responses to activist shareholders and the formulation of takeover defences.
The M&A team consists of attorneys with significant experience in the Firm’s Corporate, Finance and Competition/Antitrust practice teams and can call upon, as necessary, highly experienced bankruptcy and regulatory attorneys and professionals, including those with senior level work experience at the Financial Services Agency of Japan, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (including one of its former Secretary Generals), and the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
TMI’s wide office network in China and Southeast Asia enables the Firm to support clients in their M&A transactions throughout Asia, and the Firm’s M&A clients are also increasingly benefitting from TMI’s North American and European offices and presence.
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Work Highlights
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TMI Associates advised NIDEC on the JPY257 billion unsolicited takeover bid of Makino Milling Machine.
Strengths
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We have found TMI Associates extremely professional, reliable and solution-oriented in their approach. The team is well-versed in cross-border legal issues.
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Notable Practitioners
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Band 2 
Band 2 
Masakazu Iwakura
Masakazu Iwakura is a very well-known corporate lawyer who has over three decades of experience handling transactions across a wide range of sectors. Band 4 
Band 4 
Takashi Toichi
Takashi Toichi offers extensive experience in handling cross-border instructions. He draws on dual corporate and capital markets expertise to handle a diverse range of transactions. Band 4 Band 4 Takushi Saito
Takushi Saito is regularly involved in share acquisitions and tender offers and also has experience in squeeze-out transactions and other takeovers.
Band 4 
Band 4 
Tatsuhiro Takahara
Tatsuhiro Takahara is known for his work on a diverse range of transactions. He is routinely instructed by companies and private equity clients to advise on joint ventures, share acquisitions and venture capital mandates. He has provided legal advice, including due diligence, quickly and efficiently based on the establishment of an optimal system.
Corporate/M&A: Domestic respondentAsia-Pacific
Ranked Individuals at TMI Associates (4)
Members
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Tatsuhiro Takahara
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Takushi Saito
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Masakazu Iwakura
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Takashi Toichi
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