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MoFo Represents CMIC HOLDINGS on Strategic Capital Alliance with Blackstone

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Morrison Foerster represented CMIC HOLDINGS on its strategic capital alliance in respect of CMIC Co., Ltd., Japan’s leading...

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Morrison Foerster represented CMIC HOLDINGS on its strategic capital alliance in respect of CMIC Co., Ltd., Japan’s leading clinical research organization (CRO), with funds managed by Blackstone.CMIC HOLDINGS and Blackstone will hold a 40% and 60% stake respectively in the business conducted by CMIC Co., Ltd. The transaction is expected to close in May 2025.The MoFo team advising CMIC HOLDINGS was led by Tokyo corporate partner Nozomi Oda, with support from Tokyo corporate of counsel Takaki Sato and Tokyo corporate associate Ganesh Vaheisvaran.

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Nozomi Oda is a partner of Morrison Foerster Law Offices. Her work focuses on cross-border public and private M&A, joint ventures, strategic investments, capital markets, and life sciences. Nozomi serves as co-head of Morrison Foerster’s Asia Private Equity practice.She regularly advises clients on a wide range of Japanese regulations including securities, financial and fund, merger review, and healthcare and life sciences. In addition to her work in private practice, Nozomi spent two years with Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) as a deputy director of the corporate disclosure department, where she participated in the drafting of the FSA’s disclosure regulations regarding private placement offerings and director compensation.Nozomi is recommended in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Japan: Corporate and M&A and has also been recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan for Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law.Nozomi is a bengoshi admitted to practice in Japan and New York and a member of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association.Nozomi’s experience includes representing:<ul><li>Daiichi Sankyo in its $6.9 billion global drug development and commercialization agreement with AstraZeneca.</li><li>C.R. Bard in its acquisition of Medicon, a Japan-based distributor of medical equipment.</li><li>Nissan Motor in its $2.3 billion acquisition of a 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors.</li><li>Starbucks Coffee in its buyout of the remaining 60.5% share of Starbucks Coffee Japan.</li></ul>

Nozomi Oda

Partner

Takaki Sato is of counsel to Morrison Foerster Law Offices. Takaki’s practice areas include inbound public and private M&A, joint ventures, and start-up investments.Takaki received his LL.B. in 2007 and his J.D. in 2009 from the University of Tokyo, and his LL.M. from Columbia Law School in 2016. He completed his training at the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan in 2010.Takaki is a bengoshi admitted to practice in Japan, and is a member of the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association. He is also a qualified lawyer in New York.

Takaki Sato

Of Counsel

Ganesh Vaheisvaran is a corporate associate in the Tokyo office of Morrison Foerster. His practice focuses on public and private mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other corporate transactions for clients in a wide variety of industries.Ganesh received his LL.B. from the University of Sydney Law School. During his time in law school, he studied for one semester at Yonsei University (Korea). Ganesh received his B.Comm. (Finance) from the University of Sydney Business School. During his time in business school, he studied for one semester at Keio University (Japan). He is now a part-time lecturer at the Keio University Law School.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Ganesh worked at a leading magic circle law firm in its London and Tokyo offices.Ganesh is admitted to practice law in England and Wales and is qualified as a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi in Japan.Ganesh is recommended by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Corporate and M&A category as “a very reliable and hard working senior associate who undertakes his work diligently and efficiently”. He has also been recognized by The Best Lawyers in Japan in its “Ones to Watch” category for Corporate and M&A Law.