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M&A ADVISORY

M&A ADVISORY

For corporate clients contemplating M&A or reorganization, we provide comprehensive advice and assistance. Services in this area include tabling of M&A strategies, selection and approaching of target companies, a wide variety of due diligence, calculation of enterprise value, negotiation of contracts and terms and conditions, and handling of closing procedures (settlement, etc.).
For this service, we have achieved results second only to major financial institutions. We were ranked among the top advisors in Bloomberg’s 2023 review of the Japanese M&A market in terms of both the number of M&As and deal value. As Japanese enterprises develop their businesses globally, client needs for cross-border M&A services are growing. To serve this demand, we actively recruit professionals with a wealth of results in the field. We have also enhanced our overseas network to provide cross-border M&A matching and execution support services. For example, we have established subsidiaries in China, opened Singapore and New York Branches, joined Corporate Finance International (CFI, a group of internationally active M&A firms spanning more than 20 countries in Europe and elsewhere) as a regular member, launched a capital and business alliance with Athema, a French M&A advisory firm, and opened our Paris Branch.

Services

Seamless M&A Services

We are able to provide seamless M&A services through a united team of M&A bankers, consultants, and securities analysts.
This enables us to build an ideal M&A frameworks for the swift generation of synergies, with one-stop coordination between the M&A team and our team of consultants and analysts.

M&A Advisory Services

  • Approach to potential buyers/sellers
  • Coordination and negotiation with the counterparty financial advisor (FA)
  • Support for consideration of the acquisition/sale scheme
  • Support for verification of the business plan
  • Estimation of corporate value, share value, and merger ratios, and drafting of fairness opinions
  • Support for the submission of a letter of intent
  • Support for the execution of various types of due diligence
  • Support for the negotiation of various agreements, including final contracts
  • Support for the preparation of press releases and various briefing materials
  • Support for closing procedures

Consulting Services

  • Business portfolio strategy and M&A strategy (including longlist preparation, initial consideration of scenarios, etc.)
  • M&A-related services such as business, financial, and tax due diligence
  • Post-M&A (PMI) consulting
    • Planning and formulation of strategies relating to post-merger integration (formulation of integration plan, formulation of business strategies and medium-term business plans, organizational and governance design, and integration of HR, accounting, and systems, in addition to functioning as an integration management office and providing support for progress management)
  • Management executive support (provision of professional management personnel)

Features and Strengths

  • We are an independent M&A advisory firm listed on the TSE Prime Market.
  • We boast the top ranking of any independent firm in terms of the number of M&A deals.
  • We can provide the best possible advice as an independent advisor.
  • We are able to provide seamless services, from M&A strategy formulation to post-merger integration (PMI) through a united team of M&A bankers, consultants, and securities analysts.
  • By providing services jointly with consulting, we are able to increase the certainty of success in M&A deals.
  • In Japan, we have established networks with the main firms in the industry through our Marketing Department and Industry Research Department. We have extensive achievements in medium- and large-scale M&A deals.
  • We also engage in numerous regional M&A deals based on our networks with financial institutions around Japan, built up throughout our history.
  • Overseas, our primary strength is in mid-cap cross-border deals utilizing our overseas branches and networks, such as the CFI group, in which we play a central role.

Unique positioning within the industry (top independent FA)

  • We are an independent M&A advisory firm listed on the TSE Prime Market.
  • We boast the top ranking of any independent firm in terms of the number of M&A deals.
  • We can provide the best possible advice as an independent advisor.

Providing services through the integration of M&A advisory and consulting

  • We are able to provide seamless services, from M&A strategy formulation to post-merger integration (PMI) through a united team of M&A bankers, consultants, and securities analysts.
  • By providing services jointly with consulting, we are able to increase the certainty of success in M&A deals.

Strong networks

  • In Japan, we have established networks with the main firms in the industry through our Marketing Department and Industry Research Department. We have extensive achievements in medium- and large-scale M&A deals.
  • We also engage in numerous regional M&A deals based on our networks with financial institutions around Japan, built up throughout our history.
  • Overseas, our primary strength is in mid-cap cross-border deals utilizing our overseas branches and networks, such as the CFI group, in which we play a central role.

Corporate Finance International B.V. (CFI) is a global M&A group of members active over 20 countries. Its head office is registered in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Frontier Management provides M&A services globally as one of CFI’s investors and its only member firm in Japan (CFI members:●). CFI has established networks with M&A firms around the world, primarily in North America, Europe, China, ASEAN, and India (other partner firms: ●).