Yuuichiro Nakajima It has been reported that M&A transactions involving Japanese companies in 2023 numbered 4,015, down by 6.7% in volume from 2022, the first decline in three years. It would appear that the increase in interest rates in major markets (excluding Japan) had reduced clarity on valuation and discouraged corporate investments. In contrast, the value of … Read more
Unicorns, privately held start-up companies valued at US$1 billion or more, are so called owing to their statistical rarity (though in real life of course they only exist in legends). What does the presence of unicorns, the corporate kind, signify to a country? Is it a reflection or product of the size, vigour, entrepreneurship, ability … Read more
Listen to Yuuichiro Nakajima’s thoughts on the Nissan ex-CEO’s dramatic escape from detention Yuuichiro Nakajima is featured in a podcast series by Harvard Business Review on Carlos Ghosn and the impact that he has had on Nissan and more broadly on Japanese business. When Japan’s most famous CEO is suddenly arrested, conflicts are revealed in … Read more
Join us at Crimson Phoenix for a webinar on Japan-related cross-border M&A transactions, on Friday, 16th April at 10am BST/11am CET/6pm JT. Designed to address concerns and frustrations sometimes felt by Western European M&A principals and their advisors, it will draw on our extensive transaction experience. We will share with you our thoughts on how … Read more
Yuuichiro spoke to participants in the Executive Master’s Course in European Sports Governance on the subject of finance and governance in Asian football in Tokyo on 8th March, 2018
Yuuichiro provides his views on Japan’s 14th consecutive month of the growth in the country’s export, in an interview for the World Business Report, 18th February, 2018.
