Mikinao Ikarashi
Managing Director
M&A Advisory Department
M&A Advisory Division
Head of EMEA Section and Paris Branch
Career Summary
Joined GE Capital in 2001, then KPMG AZSA LLC, before consistently engaging in the M&A advisory business in Japan and overseas at Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd. (currently Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. ) from 2007 and EY Transaction Advisory Services Co., Ltd. from 2012. Joined Frontier Management Inc. in 2014. Stationed in France (Paris) since 2022, where he is engaged in cross-border M&A business in the EMEA region.
Achievements
Acquisition of shares of the French company SmartViser by ANRITSU ; conclusion of a capital and business alliance with the Italian company Prima Additive, owned by Italian company Prima Industrie, by Sodick ; acquisition of Maxell Europe’s resin molding business in the UK by Nippon Molymer ; acquisition of CAIRE (US), Chart BioMedical (UK), and Chart BioMedical (China) by Niterra ; sale of Niterra’s vacuum switch ceramic tube business to Carborundum Universal (India); partial transfer of the shares of Hitachi Transport System, Ltd. to SG Holdings by Hitachi; sale of Payroll to Création Capital by JAFCO ; acquisition of QUO CARD from SCSK by T-GAIA ; sale of CONFEX to a fund managed by Tokio Marine Capital ; management integration of KOKUBU CHUBU and TOKAN ; share exchange with Hulic by Nippon View Hotel ; public offering to Polatechno by Nippon Kayaku ; conclusion of a capital and business alliance with ROYAL HOLDINGS by Sojitz ; public offering to KAMOGAWA GRAND HOTEL by Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko; sale of Tri-Stage to Bain Capital Japan , etc.
Expertise
Japan-Europe cross-border M&A deals based in France, business revitalization, capital and business alliances
Education
Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Sophia University