Japan middle market: Going local
Private equity firms looking for an edge in Japan’s middle market are leveraging relationships with brokers and banks – including LPs in their funds – to access company founders in the hinterlands
The Carlyle Group and Nomura Principal Investment journeyed all the way to Okinawa, an island 2,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, for Orion Breweries. The JPY52.1 billion ($477 million) transaction wasn’t...
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