Takuya Tome is a Partner specializing in the fields of mergers and acquisitions and corporate matters. Mr. Tome is versed in corporate law as well as Japan’s Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. He has substantial experience with respect to domestic mid-sized mergers and acquisitions, take-over bids (TOB) of listed companies, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Making use of his experience of having been seconded to a stock exchange as well as a prominent corporation, Mr. Tome primarily provides securities-related legal advice, including risk management for listed companies (including during the period of assessment of initial public offering), investigations into fraud by listed or unlisted entities (including assisting the establishment of and advising an internal committee or a third-party committee), advice in regard to statutory disclosure and timely disclosure (press releases), advice in relation to securities listing regulations and responses to various requests from stock exchanges, management buyouts (MBO), capital and business alliances, anti-takeover measures (introduction, maintenance and abolishment), and advice relating to Japan’s Corporate Governance Code.

Work Highlights

• Investigation by the Third-party Committee into IR Japan Holdings, Ltd.
• Response to an Unsolicited Bid Proposal
• The Privatization of SAKAI OVEX CO., LTD. through an MBO
• MARUKA Corporation: Joint Share Transfer with Furusato Industries
• Otsuka Kagu, Ltd.: Share Exchange with YAMADA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
• NIPPON ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CO., LTD.: The Joint Share Transfer with DIA CONSULTANTS CO., Ltd.
• The Privatization of a Company Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
• The Privatization of Kirindo Holdings Co., Ltd. through an MBO
• The Privatization of NICHII HOLDINGS CO., LTD. through an MBO

Education & Professional Career