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Deal size: approx ¥90 billion ($780 million); Deal type: share-swap merger (aka triangular merger)
Parties: GCA Holdings (of Japan) and Savvian LLC (US)
GCA Holdings (of Japan) and Savvian LLC (US) |
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Nobuo Sayama: leading GCA’s rocket-powered ascent since 2004 |
In a year of troubled big bank mergers in Japan, the announcement of one small M&A boutique’s acquisition of a US peer attracted little attention. The deal hasn’t been completed yet. It is worth comparatively little: $780 million in a year of multi-billion dollar transactions. It involves an M&A-only company that came into existence just three years ago. So why should anyone care?
It’s because this upstart boutique had an...
