Director - Business Development, Tokyo

Tokyo based Director opportunity for front office M&A / corporate finance / legal & PE advisory professionals with experience in the Japanese market, who want to step away from deal execution and focus on new business, client origination and relationship management.

 

Candidates in Japan or able to relocate with past Japanese market experience will be considered.

 

This global team of industry experts are sought after advisors for a roster of top international PE funds, investors, SWFs, FTSE 100, NASDAQ, blue-chip businesses and respected legal firms. Recognised with numerous industry awards and accolades, the team have been consistently growing market share while guiding their clients through transactions, complex corporate actions and special situations. This could include cutting edge cyber security strategies, insights and intelligence to guide c-suite management on their corporate strategy, political or commercial due diligence to make or break the investment cases of global mergers, buyouts and transactions, highly sensitive crisis situations or resolving complex litigations.

 

To support strategic growth plans there are opportunities for new business and client origination focused Directors to join their New Business team in Tokyo. Advanced Japanese language skills are highly valued.

 

Ideal candidates will be well networked with Japanese clients and have front office financial M&A / corporate finance / legal / PE / management consultancy experience in Japan or covering Japanese clients.

 

You must enjoy new business & commercial strategy, client origination and relationship management with sophisticated PE / infrastructure / SWF & c-suite corporate clients.

 

The role will take a proactive personal relationship driven approach. Candidates should have demonstrable experience personally originating and managing relationships with private equity deal teams, investment committees, asset managers, M&A teams, heads of portfolio operations, in-house counsel, and external deal counsels.

 

Candidates need real credibility discussing deals, markets and the global affairs which are shaping deal flow, so advisory backgrounds with experience managing clients through transactions is preferred.

 

The team take a very collegiate approach. New Directors will work with the SLT to plan commercial strategy and target different market segments before originating clients, owning relationships and managing their continued success introducing additional services, organically growing the account with projects and repeat business.

 

 

If you feel you have the suitable experience and skill to complete the role, please submit your CV for consideration.

 

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