Ryuichi Tanabe

Asset Managers Co. Ltd. (AM) is a publicly-owned (OSE: 2337) financial group established in 2000 and headquartered in Tokyo. AM specializes in real estate investments and real estate fund management. The group's activities also include corporate finance, lodging operations and sports facilities. AM's numerous subsidiaries and affiliates are grouped under two main divisions, namely merchant banking and hospitality and wellness. The firm's M&A department specializes in cross-border transactions between Japanese and foreign companies, in particular Asian. The M&A department began operating in Japan in 2003 after the acquisition of New Japan Spinning Co. Ltd. The group later expanded their M&A activities abroad, through their Hong Kong subsidiary Asset Managers (Asia) Co. Ltd. AM promotes the development of alliances between domestic companies and overseas partners, offers operational consulting to support market entry of foreign companies into Japan, and provides corporate finance and mediation services.