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Jun
Japanese M&A update: Continue to thrive
In Japan, deal value increased by 38.8% year over year, delivering roughly $123 billion in 2023 - more than anywhere else in Asia, per Mergermarket data. For 2024, the revival of the stock market, favourable interest rates, stability from a geopolitical and social and pressure from the government and shareholders to divest non-performing assets are creating fertile ground for dealmakers. Our panel of experts will share their views on the outlook for the market and what the industry must do to maintain the momentum.
- What investment themes and strategies will fuel more Japanese M&A in the next 12 months?
- Will the rise in carve-out transactions remain and how can you access deals?
- Outbound M&A: How can Japanese corporates compete for international deals?
- Inbound M&A: How much M&A activity will we see and what makes Japan attractive?
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SpeakersMasahiko Ishida Country Managing Partner, Japan / Head of Corporate-Japan DLA PIPER TOKYO PARTNERSHIP
Yoshinobu Agu Managing Director, Head of M&A Division CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS
Masahide Fukuda General Manager, Corporate Strategic Investment Department, ENEOS Holdings, Inc. ENEOS CORPORATION
Tsutomu (Tom) Yoshida Executive Advisor, Strategy Unit MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL GROUP CORPORATION
Masato Inuzuka Private Equity and M&A Services, Vice President MARSH JAPAN, INC.
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Masahiko (“Masa”) Ishida is a Country Managing Partner and head of the Japan corporate group in DLA Piper’s Tokyo office. Masa has a wide range of M&A and Private Equity experience in the Japanese market and abroad over his 20 year career. Masa has led many notable large acquisitions on behalf of his clients across various sectors including consumer goods, technology, finance and life sciences. He has also worked on behalf of governmental agencies and multinational trading companies in Japan.
Masa has been recognized as a leading M&A lawyer by many legal publications and ranking institutions such as Chambers Global and Legal 500. Masa was also recently recognized as one of the “Dealmakers in Asia” for 2020 by Asian Legal Business. Prior to joining DLA Piper, Masa practiced at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto and thereafter at a multinational boutique investment bank in New York.
Masa is a graduate of the University of Tokyo Graduate Schools of Law and Politics and of Columbia Law School where he was a Fulbright Scholar. Masa was also a visiting scholar at the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) at Columbia Business School. Masa is admitted to practice law in Japan and NewYork State.
Yoshinobu Agu is the Head of M&A at Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc. He also has senior coverage responsibilities for clients including financial sponsors, real estate companies, public sector clients, etc. He has worked on various M&A advisory roles in various sectors/industries, including both cross-border transactions in various geographies, as well as domestic transactions and restructuring deals. He joined Citi in 1998 after working for Nikko Securities. He holds a BA from the School of Commerce at Waseda University and MBA from Boston University.
Masahide Fukuda serves as the General Manager of the Corporate Strategic Investment Department at ENEOS Holdings, Inc. and ENEOS Corporation, where he leads the corporate mergers and acquisitions activities, providing pivotal support to the business units within both entities. Under his leadership, ENEOS received Industrials & Chemicals M&A Deal of the Year and M&A Deal of the Year of Japan in 2022 from Mergermarket Japan.
His legal background includes leading the Legal Department at ENEOS, where he managed M&A legalities. He began his career in corporate law, with significant contributions to domestic and international M&A transactions at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Jones Day.
Masahide's academic credentials include a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the UCLA School of Law in the United States and a B.A. from The University of Tokyo in Japan. He is a licensed bengoshi in Japan and is also admitted to practice in New York.
Tom Yoshida joined Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings (now Mitsubishi Chemical Group) in 2018 as Executive Officer and has been instrumental to build up M&A team and led to execute acquisitions and divestitures, including large carveout deals, in line with Mid-term growth strategy of the Group.
Since late 1980s, Mr.Yoshida has devoted his career to strategic M&A and PE investments by working for Mitsui & Co. Ltd. for 25 years, save once served as independent Fund manager for Japanese mid-market PE Fund. Stage of his investment experiences covers startups, growth, buyouts, and special situations, while working in Japan, US and other overseas markets.
He holds a BA in Economics from University of Tokyo and an MBA from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Since he joined Marsh in January 2022, Masato has been engaged in risk advisory work, including arrange of warranties and indemnity insurance, for private equity and corporate clientele. Prior to joining Marsh, Masato has 13-year sales experience for Tokio Marine Nichido Fire, including 2-year experience in sales planning of both cross-border and domestic M&A insurance.