Nishimura & Asahi has advised Japanese telecommunication company KDDI on its 496.5 billion yen ($3.3 billion) offer to take convenience store chain Lawson private. Lawson is being represented by Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, with Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu guiding current shareholder Mitsubishi Corp.

Linklaters and Allens have advised a KDDI-Sumitomo consortium on a tie-up with Myanmar’s Myanma Posts & Telecommunications (MPT) to develop and operate fixed and mobile phone networks in Myanmar. MPT was advised on the deal by Squire Patton Boggs.