Domestic deals: Shizuoka Financial Group’s acquisition of Tokyo Gas Lease from Tokyo Gas, tender offer for DRAFT Inc. by Cinquecent Corporation, subscription to capital increase of RENOVA by Tokyo Gas through third-party allotment, acquisition of Japan Wind Development from Bain Capital Japan by INFRONEER Holdings, acquisition of TOTOKU by Carlyle , capital increase of SADO KISEN by third-party allotment to Michinori Holdings , acquisition of a card company as a wholly owned subsidiary by a megabank, management integration by regional banks, sale of equity stake in a card company by a megabank, asset lightening by a golf course operating company, sale of a golf course by a chemicals company, partial business integration by two chemical companies, TOB for the shares of a chemicals company by another chemicals company, acquisition of an equity stake in an energy company by a trading company, business acquisition between a chemicals company and a pharmaceuticals company, and many others.

Cross-border deals: acquisition of DaiTanViet in Vietnam by Sojitz, acquisition of a Japanese company from a US automotive parts company by a Japanese insulation manufacturer, acquisition of a Swedish automotive parts business by a Japanese automotive parts company, acquisition of a trust bank from a French financial group by a megabank, acquisition of a US golf equipment company by a Japanese sports equipment company, acquisition of a business from a US bearing manufacturing company by a Japanese machinery and automotive parts company, acquisition of a UK glass manufacturing company by a Japanese glass manufacturing company, sale of a French image diagnosis equipment company by a UK private equity fund, capital participation in a South African resources company by a Japanese trading company, prevention of the acquisition of a Japanese company through a hostile TOB from a US activist, acquisition of a Japanese cash recognition machine manufacturing company by a US conglomerate, acquisition of a US fluorine fiber business by a Japanese chemicals company, and many others.