I strive to achieve clients’ strategic goals by taking a hands-on approach and building long-term relationships.
Kenji specializes in providing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services for Japanese companies. With nearly 15 years of M&A experience, Kenji has been engaged in a wide range of transactions, including buy-side and sell-side M&A, carve-out divestitures, leveraged buyouts and restructurings.
Kenji has significant experience in originating and executing India-Japan deals from his three-year secondment in Mumbai where he headed the India-Japan M&A advisory business for Deloitte. While Kenji has execution experience in multiple sectors, he has extensive experience in the industrials space with a focus on metals and logistics.
Prior to joining Lincoln, Kenji was a Director in Barclays’ M&A group. Previously, he was at Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory and Morgan Stanley Japan.
Kenji earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Macalester College. He is fluent in Japanese and English.
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