09 Dec 2025

KKR Launches Tender Offer to Acquire Forum Engineering Inc.

"Simpson Thacher represented KKR in a tender offer to acquire Forum Engineering Inc., a leading Japanese provider of engineering staffing services that connects manufacturing firms with electromechanical engineers. The transaction will be KKR’s Global Impact Strategy’s first investment in Japan."

Simpson Thacher represented KKR in connection with its tender offer to acquire Forum Engineering Inc. The transaction involves KKR launching a tender offer to acquire Forum Engineering Inc., a leading provider of engineering staffing services in Japan. Forum Engineering specializes in connecting manufacturing companies with skilled electromechanical engineers. The acquisition will be KKR’s Global Impact Strategy’s first investment in Japan. Simpson Thacher represented KKR with a team composed by: Jonathan Stradling, Noritaka Kumamoto and Daisuke Ueta (M&A); Makiko Harunari, Atsushi Usui and Zhendong Xu (Credit); Étienne Renaudeau and Henry Llewellyn (Regulatory); and George Wang, Shuhao Fan and Xue Feng (Compliance).
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