Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has counselled human resources firm Visional Inc. on its 66.88-billion-yen ($618 million) IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mother’s market.

This is the biggest IPO in Japan since Softbank listed its mobile unit for $21 billion in December 2018.

Visional is a Japanese holding company that incubates online B2B services including BizReach, a career networking platform for professionals, recruiters, and talent-seeking employers in Japan, and HRMOS, an HCM SaaS service.

The Skadden team was led by partner Kenji Taneda.

 

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