Investment Banking

We provide a variety of advisory and capital-raising solutions to corporations, financial institutions, private equity, governments and public-sector organizations around the world. Collaborating across geographies, industries and products, we provide comprehensive and innovative financing, advisory and risk solutions to our clients.

Our Products

Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers & Acquisitions

We act as a financial advisor to identify and facilitate strategic merger and acquisition, sale of business or alliance opportunities for our corporate, financial institutions and sponsor clients. Our dedicated M&A teams in Asia, EMEA and the Americas work across borders and time zones to deliver holistic support to our clients globally.

Capital Raising

Capital Raising

In Equity Capital Markets, we originate and execute equity and equity-linked transactions, including IPOs, rights issues, accelerated bookbuilds and convertibles.

Our Debt Capital Markets team helps clients execute local and foreign-currency debt transactions with specialized teams servicing financial institutions, corporates, public sector agencies and sovereigns.

In Acquisition and Leveraged Finance, we arrange financing for leveraged buyouts and corporate acquisitions along with on-going refinancing needs using a variety of debt products.

Solutions

Solutions

An integral part of Investment Banking, our Solutions teams apply a broad range of Fixed Income solutions, Equity related solutions and Insurance solutions to address the various risks faced by clients.

We are also dedicated to understanding the capital and risk management needs of insurance companies and developing cutting-edge Insurance Solutions to help them respond to these challenges. These include securitization products, structured reinsurance and derivative hedging solutions for complex insurance-specific asset and liability risks.

Sectors

Consumer / Retail

Consumer / Retail

Industrials

Industrials

Healthcare

Healthcare

Natural Resources & Power

Natural Resources
& Power

Telco / Media / Technology

Telco / Media /
Technology

Financial Institutions

Financial Institutions

Real Estate / Gaming / Lodging / Leisure

Real Estate / Gaming /
Lodging / Leisure

Financial Sponsors

Connecting Markets

  • ECM

    Nippon Paint Holdings
    International Follow-on Offering

    JPY146bn

    January 2022

  • M&A

    Mitsui & Co.'s Acquisition of 27.5% Stake in Mainstream Renewable Power (Ireland) from Resource Group (Norway)

    €575m

    March 2022

  • M&A

    Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Raise of Stakes in NTT Data and Merge International Business within NTT Group

    JPY355bn

    May 2022

  • DCM

    Kyobo Life Insurance (So. Korea)
    USD Denominated Sustainability Subordinated Bond

    $500m

    June 2022

  • M&A + Acquisition & Leveraged Finance

    BC Partners’ (UK) Acquisition of Federigoni (Italy) & Acquisition Financing

    M&A: €2.6bn / ALF: €1.1bn

    M&A: July 2022 / ALF: November 2022

  • M&A

    Partial Sale by Kronos Solar (Germany) to EDP Renovavels (Spain)

    €250m

    July 2022

  • M&A

    Dai-ichi Life Holdings' Acquisition of Partners Group (New Zealand)

    NZD980m

    August 2022

  • DCM

    NTT Finance
    USD Denominated Green Bond Offering

    $1.5bn

    July 2022

  • DCM

    United Mexico States
    Samurai Bond Offering

    JPY75.6bn

    August 2022

  • DCM

    European Commission (European Union)
    NextGenerationEU Bond Offering

    €12.0bn

    September 2022

  • Acquisition & Leveraged Finance

    Applied Systems (US)
    Refinancing

    $2.4bn

    November 2022

  • DCM

    Sony Group
    Corporate Bond Offering

    JPY150bn

    December 2022

Awards & Recognition

House of the Year

House of the Year

Refinitiv DEALWATCH AWARDS 2021

Investment Bank of the Year for Sustainable SSA Financing

Investment Bank of the Year
for Sustainable SSA
Financing

The Banker Investment Banking Awards 2022

Yen Bond House

Yen Bond House

IFR Awards 2022

League Table

Japan M&A
  Financial Advisor Deal Value
($m)
Share
(%)
# Deals
1 Nomura 27,478 17.1 84
2 Morgan Stanley 25,206 15.7 40
3 UBS 23,158 14.4 14
4 JP Morgan 21,610 13.4 18
5 Sumitomo Mitsui Finl Grp Inc 19,969 12.4 61

Source: Dealogic (2022/1/1 - 2022/12/31)

JAPAN ECM
  Bookrunner Deal Value
($m)
Share
(%)
# Issues
1 Nomura 2,454 27.1 35
2 Sumitomo Mitsui Finl Grp Inc 2,014 22.2 47
3 Daiwa Securities Group Inc 1,276 14.1 37
4 Morgan Stanley 1,020 11.3 17
5 Mizuho Financial Group 734 8.1 37

Source: Refinitiv (2022/1/1 - 2022/12/31)

JAPAN DCM
  Bookrunner Deal Value
(¥bn)
Share
(%)
# Issues
1 Mizuho Financial Group 2,560 28.2 353
2 Nomura 2,212 24.3 370
3 Daiwa Securities Group Inc 2,111 23.2 320
4 MUFG 1,316 14.5 257
5 SMBC Nikko 269 3.0 38

Source: Capital Eye (2022/1/1 - 2022/12/31)