Hideo Nagura

Specialty

Corporate finance
PwC Japan Group Private Equity Industry Leader

Summary of expertise

Hideo Nagura joined PwC Advisory LLC in January 2020. He is involved in domestic and cross-border transactions across a wide range of industries, including general trading houses and private equity. In the private equity industry, he provides support particularly for deal origination.

He joined the Bank of Tokyo (currently MUFG Bank) in 1989, and served as Vice President of Knox & Co., a US boutique investment bank, from 2001, and Senior Vice President of Montgomery & Co., a US boutique investment bank, from 2003. He joined UBS Securities in 2006, where he held the positions of Head of M&A and Financial Sponsors and Managing Director. Subsequently, he was appointed as Managing Director of GCA in 2013 and Vice Chairman of HSBC Global Banking in 2018.

Notable transactions

• 2018: Sale of a general supermarket to a major discount store
  
• 2018: Sale of a used clothing retail chain to a private equity fund
  
• 2017: Capital and strategic alliance by a major cosmetics company with a manufacturer of hair cosmetics for beauty salons
  
• 2017: Sale of shares in medical, nursing and childcare related businesses to a group of pharmaceutical wholesalers, a construction company and a system integrator
  
• 2016: Acquisition of an Italian fabric manufacturer by an apparel company
  
• 2015: Sale of a pharmaceutical venture to a US-based pharmaceutical company
  
• 2014: Acquisition of a US-based clothing materials company by a clothing materials manufacturer　
  
• 2013: Sale of a pharmaceutical capsule manufacturer by a private equity fund to a chemical holding company
  
• 2012: Strategic investment by a major printing company in an IT services company
  
• 2011: Joint acquisition of a Swiss smart meter manufacturer by a public-private fund and an electronics manufacturer
• 2011: Sale of a stake in a Canadian mineral resource development company by a major trading house 
• 2010: Strategic investment by a major trading company in a Malaysian aluminum smelter
• 2010: Strategic investment by a telecommunications company in a cable television operator
• 2009: Acquisition of a call center operator by a private equity fund
• 2008: Strategic investment by a major trading company in shares of a Canadian mineral resource development company
• 2008: Acquisition of an alarm equipment manufacturer by a private equity fund
• 2006: Acquisition of a US -based wireless module manufacturer by a major electronic components manufacturer
• 2006: Acquisition of a fashion brand from an Italian apparel company by an apparel manufacturer holding company