Partners Group appoints Japan private equity head

Ochi (pictured) joins from KKR, where he spent three-and-a-half years as a principal. Before that, he was with CVC Capital Partners for more than seven years, participating in investments such as aged care services provider Hitowa Holdings and massage chain operator Riraku. Ochi began his career in investment banking with Citi and Lazard.

AVCJ Research has no records of solo direct investments by Partners Group in Japan, only participation in a few transactions as a co-investor. However, most global private equity firms have scaled up their presence in the country in recent years, citing greater availability of large-cap deal flow, notably corporate carve-outs.

Investment activity reached a record USD 25.1bn in 2017 on the back of a Bain Capital-led acquisition of Toshiba Memory Corporation. It normalised to USD 4.8bn in 2018 but has risen in each subsequent year, ultimately surpassing the 2017 total last year when USD 29.7bn was put to work. For 2022 to date, investment stand at USD 16.4bn.

As of June, Partners Group had USD 130.6bn in assets under management (AUM) across private markets asset classes, including private equity, real estate, infrastructure, debt, and liquid markets. Private equity AUM is approximately USD 66bn. The firm opened its Tokyo office in 2007.

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