フロンティア・マネジメント株式会社

PROFESSIONALS

Akira Koga

Managing Director
M&A Advisory Department
M&A Advisory Division

M&A advisory
Consumer goods
Manufacturing
Automobiles
Infrastructure
Real Estate / Construction
Other sectors

Career Summary

Engaged in creating and executing domestic and cross-border M&A deals for over two decades since 2000. After working at Sakura Bank (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation), Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd. , Daiwa Securities America Inc., Sagent Advisors Inc. (an investment bank in New York), SMBC Nikko Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, he joined Frontier Management Inc. in March 2020.

Achievements

Domestic deals: subscription to capital increase of RENOVA by Tokyo Gas through third-party allotment, acquisition of Japan Wind Development from Bain Capital Japan by INFRONEER Holdings, acquisition of TOTOKU by Carlyle , capital increase of SADO KISEN by third-party allotment to Michinori Holdings , acquisition of a card company as a wholly owned subsidiary by a megabank, management integration by regional banks, sale of equity stake in a card company by a megabank, asset lightening by a golf course operating company, sale of a golf course by a chemicals company, partial business integration by two chemical companies, TOB for the shares of a chemicals company by another chemicals company, acquisition of an equity stake in an energy company by a trading company, business acquisition between a chemicals company and a pharmaceuticals company, and many others.

Cross-border deals: acquisition of DaiTanViet in Vietnam by Sojitz, acquisition of a Japanese company from a US automotive parts company by a Japanese insulation manufacturer, acquisition of a Swedish automotive parts business by a Japanese automotive parts company, acquisition of a trust bank from a French financial group by a megabank, acquisition of a US golf equipment company by a Japanese sports equipment company, acquisition of a business from a US bearing manufacturing company by a Japanese machinery and automotive parts company, acquisition of a UK glass manufacturing company by a Japanese glass manufacturing company, sale of a French image diagnosis equipment company by a UK private equity fund, capital participation in a South African resources company by a Japanese trading company, prevention of the acquisition of a Japanese company through a hostile TOB from a US activist, acquisition of a Japanese cash recognition machine manufacturing company by a US conglomerate, acquisition of a US fluorine fiber business by a Japanese chemicals company, and many others.

Expertise

M&A advisory services (domestic and cross-border)

Education

Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo
MBA, The Ohio State University
Certified Member Analyst (CMA) of The Securities Analysts Association of Japan