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Practice Areas
Work Highlights
- BIPROGY Inc.'s acquisition of majority of the shares in AFON IT, a Singapore's EPR Solution company (April 2023)
- Advisid Takebishi Corporaiton for its acquisition of the shares in Le Champ (South East Asia) Pte Ltd, electronic parts and devices distributor headquartered in Singpaore with the regional network across 8 countries mainly in Southeast Asia (June 2021)
- Advising Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. in relation to its transfer of the battery separator business to a US company, ENTEK (May 2021)
- Advised Yoshinoya Holding in relation to the formation of joint venture for "Yoshinoya" business its subsidiary, Yoshinoya International Philippines Inc and Jollibee Foods Corporation (February 2021)
- KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.'s acquisition of majority of shares in Asiatic Agricultural Industries Pte.Ltd., a Singapore headquartered pesticides products company (February 2021)
- Carve-out M&A of overseas home appliance business by Hitachi Global Life Solutions (Established a joint venture with ARÇELİK A.Ş., a major Turkish company) (December 2020)
- Advised Unicharm Corporation in its 100% share acquisition of DSG (Cayman) Limited , a holding company of DSG International (Thailand) Public Company Limited which manufactures and sells sanitary products in Southeast Asia (September 2018)
- Advised MIRAIT Holdings Corporation (currently MIRAIT One Corporation) in its 100% share acquisition and privatization of LANTROVISION (S) LTD, which was listed at SGX, by Scheme of Arrangement (January 2016)
Takeshi Komatsu：Awards
- Awards
- The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 edition)
- Awards
- The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2024 edition)
- Awards
- Lawyers from Mori Hamada & Matsumoto were included in the 13th edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and the inaugural Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™
Takeshi Komatsu：News
- Works
- MHM handles BIPROGY Inc's acquisition of majority of the shares in AFON IT, a Singapore's EPR Solution company
- Works
- MHM Handles acquisition of Asiatic Agricultural Industries Pte.Ltd., a Singapore headquartered products sales company, KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
- Media
- Comments by Takeshi Komatsu were featured in a Financial Times article titled "Lockdown accelerates push into digital workflows for professional services" published on May 11, 2020
Takeshi Komatsu：Newsletters
Takeshi Komatsu：Seminars
- May 31, 2023MHM Seminars
- Winds of change: Notable developments in employment laws and competition laws/M&A in Malaysia
- Jul. 23, 2019MHM Seminars
- "Managing Private M&A Deals in Singapore"
Takeshi Komatsu：Publications
- Magazine Article
- "Emergence of Generative AI and Policies Concerning AI Governance in Singapore and Japan - Comparisons with Other Main Territories"
- Book
- "M&A Rules in Emerging Asian Countries - Fourth edition"
- Book
- "Practical Issues of the Corporation Act New Series 9: Corporate Reorganization (3rd ed.)"
Takeshi Komatsu：Research Reports
2012 Investigation Report on Legislative System in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (March 2013)
2013 Investigation Report on Legislative System in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (March 2014)
Takeshi Komatsu：Other
Background
- Kyoto University (LL.B., 1999)
- University of Chicago Law School (LL.M., 2005)
- with Alston & Bird, Atlanta (2005-2006)
- seconded to the Ministry of Justice, serving under the Counselor of Civil Affairs Bureau, as a fixed-term government employee (in charge of the Companies Act ) (2006-2009)
Major Activities
- Member of the Corporate Legislation Study Group, The 21st Century Public Policy Institute, Nippon Keidanren (2011)
- Member of the Working Group for Myanmar’s Capital Market Development of the Policy Research Institute of the Japanese Ministry of Finance (2012)
- Member, Research Committee Commissioned by the Ministry of Justice for "Investigative Report on the Legislative System in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (2013)
- Study on Legal System and Procedures for Promoting Business Environment: Final Report (JICA Report) (2013-2014)
- Vice-chair, Cross Boarder Investment Committee, The Inter-Pacific Bar Association (2014-2018)
- Completed SMU Academy Course - Module 3: Data Ethics and AI Governance Frameworks (2021)
- Member of the Expert Panel of the Centre for Commercial Law in Asia, Singapore Management University (2024-)
Bar Admissions
admitted in Japan, 2000; New York, 2006
Daini-Tokyo Bar Association
Registered Foreign Lawyer in Singapore, 2012
Other Qualifications
Foreign Practitioner Certificate in Singapore, 2016