Yasuo Imanishi

Vice President

Tokyo Mergers & Acquisitions yimanishi@lincolninternational.com +813-5549-7684

I provide deep insight and rationale, as well as an open communication channel, to support the growth of my clients.

Who We Are / Our People / Yasuo Imanishi

Yasuo leads mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory on transactions involving Japanese companies. He has been involved in various strategic advisory assignments including public tender offers, leveraged buyouts, divestitures and restructurings.

Yasuo has a breadth of diversified industrial knowledge within the Japanese market. He maximizes opportunity for his clients to support their expansion of overseas platforms, covering both conventional and unconventional businesses.

Prior to joining Lincoln, Yasuo worked in the investment banking division at Citigroup Global Markets Japan and Mizuho Securities.

Yasuo earned a Master of Science in advanced materials from the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences at The University of Tokyo.

Recent Transactions in Japan

Anges Emendo 2020

Lincoln International is pleased to have advised AnGes, Inc. on its acquisition of EmendoBio, Inc., a leader in next-generation novel nuclease discovery and gene editing technologies, at a valuation of $250 million

Alva Kobayashi 2020

Lincoln International advised Alva-Amco Pharmacal on its sale to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TSE:4967)

Consumer | Healthcare

Endless LLP MTI Managing Data Securely Richco 2020

Lincoln International has advised Endless in its sale of MTI to Ricoh Company Limited

Technology, Media & Telecom

Kyokuto Satrac 2020

Lincoln International advised Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co. Ltd. on its acquisition of Satrac Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

Automotive & Truck | Industrials

Fish Is Life Wismettac 2020

Lincoln International represents management in its majority sale of Fish is Life to NTC Wismettac Europe B.V.

Gibson Brands TEAC Global Acoustic Partners LLC 2020

Lincoln advised Gibson Holdings Inc on the intended disposal of its 54.65% shareholding in TSE-listed TEAC Corporation to Global Acoustic Partners through a public tender offer by Global Acoustic Partners

Burckhardt Compression Japan Steel Works 2020

Lincoln International is pleased to announce that it advised a Swiss-based global leader, Burckhardt Compression, in executing a Japanese acquisition

NuPulseCV Nihon Kohden 2019

Lincoln International advised NuPulseCV in a preliminary round of financing

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