Japan/Asia Focus Group

Sagent Advisors’ Japan/Asia Focus Group specializes in cross-border M&A transactions between Japan, Asia and North America.  The group was formed as a result of Sagent Advisors’ business alliance with Daiwa Securities, one of Japan’s largest securities firms, which together with its parent companies, is a principal provider of financial services to many of Japan’s major corporations.  Through the alliance, Sagent Advisors’ provides its clients a wealth of cross-border expertise as well as access to the top echelons of corporate Japan and Asia.  Our bankers have been involved with the following representative transactions while at Sagent Advisors.

Japan/Asia Focus Group Transactions ($ in MM)
Client Description Value
Daicel Corporation

Acquisition of Special Devices, Inc.

NA
IHI Corporation Acquistion of Hauzer Techno-Coating B.V. NA
JTEKT Corporation Acquisition of the assets of the Needle Roller Bearings business of The Timken Company $300
KEC International Ltd.

Acquisition of SAE Towers

$95
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Acquisition of ACOMON AG from Auctus Capital Partners AG

NA
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. Acquisition of Silvue Technologies Group from Compass Group Diversified Holdings $95
Rohm Co., Ltd. Acquisition of Kionix, Inc. $233
Solo Cup Company Sale of Japanese subsidiaries, Yugen Kaisha Solo Cup Asia-Pacific and Solo Cup Japan Co. Ltd., to Yugen Kaisha PC Rose $48
SRI Sports Limited Acquisition of Cleveland Golf Company Inc. $133
Vertex Standard Co. Ltd. Sale to Motorola Inc. $112
VTI Technologies Oy

Sale to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

€195

 
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