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Consolidating small and mid-sized Japanese companies is an effective value creation strategy that can also attract talent in a tight labour market, say J-STAR’s Yuki Kashiyama, Huan Zhao and Norio Adachi

Japanese private equity is entering a golden age – and empowering women in the workforce will drive further growth, says NSSK’s Jun Tsusaka and Ryoji Kanamori.

Active primary fund investing and increasing LP appetite for co-investments, secondaries and direct lending are indicative of Japan’s maturing private markets landscape, say Neuberger Berman’s Jonathan Shofet and Yoshi Yagisawa.

Japanese private equity hit new highs in 2023 as succession deals, corporate carve-outs and take-privates all continued to gain momentum, says Deloitte Asia Pacific’s Satoshi Sekine.

Trust can sometimes trump price in Japanese PE dealmaking, say T Capital Partners’ Koji Sasaki, Shunichiro Nakagawa and Kazutaka Komori.

The current market environment is unique compared to previous cycles, says Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Bradley Gross.

Solid relationships and flexible solutions are key to private debt’s ongoing success in the PE mid-market, says Audax Private Debt president Kevin Magid.

The lower mid-market offers the most compelling co-investment opportunities at present, say Schroders Capital’s Jeremy Knox, Vahit Alili and David Bajada.

As scrutiny intensifies, it becomes ever more important for sponsors to ensure they are following best practice on GP-leds, say Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld partners Amanda Butler-Jones, Daniel Quinn and Fadi Samman.

GP-led deals can help cultivate relationships between sponsors and investors, particularly as the buyside universe expands, say PJT Partners’ Christopher Areson, Imran Hameed and Daniel Schuster.